Universal mechanism of spin relaxation in solids

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Chudnovsky, E M ^a   Garanin, D A ^a,b   Schilling, R ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 29644434573     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.094426     Document Type: Article

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