First-order phase transitions in a quantum Hall ferromagnet

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6762, 1999, Pages 638-641

  Piazza, Vincenzo ^a   Pellegrini, Vittorio ^a   Beltram, Fabio ^a   Wegschelder, Worner ^b   Jungwirth, Tomáš ^c,d   MacDonald, Allan H ^c  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b WALTER SCHOTTKY INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; GEOMETRY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0033540077     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45189     Document Type: Article

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