Auger recombination and biexcitons in Cu2 O: A case for dark excitonic matter

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Jang, J I ^a,b   Wolfe, J P ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33746401592     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.045211     Document Type: Article

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