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 # BA425321_DRXNucRevisited
-This repository provides supplementary pieces of information to the paper draft by Markus K\"uhbach, Muhammad Imran, Franz Roters, and Markus Bambach on
+This repository provides supplementary pieces of information to the paper draft by Markus Kuehbach, Muhammad Imran, Franz Roters, and Markus Bambach on
 "Quantitative Implications of Dislocation Density Gradients for SIBM-Based Discontinuous Dynamic Recrystallization Nucleation Models"
 
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