Spin-fluctuation energies in transition-metal clusters

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Pastor, G M ^a   Dorantes Davila J ^b   Bennemann, K H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NICKEL; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 42749099112     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.064420     Document Type: Article

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