Spin currents, spin-transfer torque, and spin-Hall effects in relativistic quantum mechanics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Vernes, A ^a   Gyorffy B L ^a,b   Weinberger, P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547478863     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.012408     Document Type: Article

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