Effect of the spin-orbit interaction on the band gap of half metals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2004, Pages

  Mavropoulos, Ph ^a   Sato, K ^a   Zeller, R ^a   Dederichs, P H ^a   Popescu, V ^b   Ebert, H ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; GALLIUM; MANGANESE; METAL; NICKEL;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENSITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 1642308905     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.054424     Document Type: Article

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