Noncollinear magnetic structures: A possible cause for current-induced switching

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Weinberger, P ^a   Vernes, A ^a   Gyorffy B L ^a,b   Szunyogh, L ^a,c  

^a CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARAMETER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 19744381333     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.094401     Document Type: Article

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