Enhancement of positive magnetoresistance following a magnetic-field- induced ferromagnetic transition in the intermetallic compound Tb5 Si3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Jammalamadaka, S Narayana ^a   Mohapatra, Niharika ^a   Das, Sitikantha D ^a   Sampathkumaran, E V ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 62549140145     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.060403     Document Type: Article

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