Dynamics and thermalization of the nuclear spin bath in the single-molecule magnet Mn12 -ac: Test for the theory of spin tunneling

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Morello, Andrea ^a,b,c   De Jongh, L J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 36348933822     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.184425     Document Type: Article

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