Magnetic structure of relativistic systems with low symmetry

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 13, 2001, Pages

  Sandratskii, L M ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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METAL;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CALCULATION; MAGNETISM; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY;

EID: 0035494339     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.134402     Document Type: Article

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