Spin waves and their damping in itinerant ultrathin ferromagnets: Intermediate wave vectors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Costa, A T ^a   Muniz, R B ^b   Mills, D L ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF LAVRAS   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 33845252100     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.214403     Document Type: Article

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