Quenched spin tunneling and diabolical points in magnetic molecules. I. Symmetric configurations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  Garg, Anupam ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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IRON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MODEL; OSCILLATION;

EID: 0035448538     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.094413     Document Type: Article

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