Ab initio calculation of low-energy collective charge-density excitations in MgB2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Silkin, V M ^a,b,c   Balassis, A ^b,d   Echenique, P M ^a,b   Chulkov, E V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70249133408     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.054521     Document Type: Article

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