Macroscopic quantum coherence of chirality of a domain wall in ferromagnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 9920-9923

  Takagi, Shin ^a   Tatara, Gen ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

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EID: 0000980080     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.9920     Document Type: Article

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