Current-induced interactions of multiple domain walls in magnetic quantum wires

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Sedlmayr, N ^a   Dugaev, V K ^b,c   Berakdar, J ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b RZESZOW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

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EID: 67049100541     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.174422     Document Type: Article

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