Thermal collapse of spin polarization in half-metallic ferromagnets

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Lezaic M ^a   Mavropoulos, Ph ^a   Enkovaara, J ^a   Bihlmayer, G ^a   Blugel S ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; FERMI LEVEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

HEISENBERG MODEL; HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETIC COMPOUNDS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33749140808     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.026404     Document Type: Article

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