Rationale for femtosecond magnetism explored with x-ray core-hole excitation

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Braicovich, L ^a   Van Der Laan, G ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57349134456     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.174421     Document Type: Article

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