Theory of the spin dependence of the inelastic mean free path of electrons in ferromagnetic metals: a model study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 13840-13848

  Hong, Jisang ^a   Mills, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000900451     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.13840     Document Type: Article

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