Macroscopic quantum coherence and tunneling of an antiferromagnetic nanoparticle in a magnetic field at an arbitrarily directed angle

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 4101-4119

  Lü, Rong ^a   Zhu, Jia Lin ^a   Wang, Xiao Bing ^a   Chang, Lee ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 4244104138     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.60.4101     Document Type: Article

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