Strong orbital correlations in a Fe-substituted spin-glass-manganite

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2005, Pages

  Granado, E ^a,b   Urbano, R R ^a   Perez C A ^b   Azimonte, C ^a,b   Lynn, J W ^c,d   Souza, R A ^a,b   Souza Neto, N M ^a,b   Ramos, A Y ^b   Bychkov, G L ^e   Shiryaev, S V ^e   Barilo, S N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d University of Maryland   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PHYSICS   (Belarus)

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EID: 33644950501     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.052406     Document Type: Article

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