Spin splitting of s and p states in single atoms and magnetic coupling in dimers on a surface

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 18, 2004, Pages

  Lee, H J ^a,c   Ho, W ^a   Persson, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROMAGNETISM; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPUTTERING; THIN FILMS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADATOMS; ADDIMERS; KONDO RESONANCE;

DIMERS;

EID: 2942689949     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.186802     Document Type: Article

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