Role of covalent Fe-As bonding in the magnetic moment formation and exchange mechanisms in iron-pnictide superconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Belashchenko, K D ^a   Antropov, V P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 58149234856     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.212505     Document Type: Article

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