Multiscale fluctuations near a Kondo breakdown quantum critical point

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Paul, I ^a,b   Pepin C ^c   Norman, M R ^b  

^a INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c CEA SACLAY   (France)

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EID: 47349112164     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035109     Document Type: Article

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