Change of Hall conductance induced by band crossing

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 19, 1998, Pages 11895-11898

  Lee, Ming Yi ^a   Chang, Ming Che ^a   Hong, Tzay Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0012366582     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.11895     Document Type: Article

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