Theory of noncoherent spin pumps

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages

  Sela, Eran ^a   Oreg, Yuval ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PUMP; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 15744406032     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.075322     Document Type: Article

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