Quantum tunneling and relaxation in Mn12-acetate studied by magnetic spectroscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 604051-604054

  Dressel, M ^a   Gorshunov, B ^a,b   Rajagopal, K ^a   Vongtragool, S ^a   Mukhin, A A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b PROKHOROV GENERAL PHYSICS INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE ACETATE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 0037302693     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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