Hydrodynamic theory of coupled current and magnetization dynamics in spin-textured ferromagnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Wong, Clement H ^a   Tserkovnyak, Yaroslav ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 73249136465     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.184411     Document Type: Article

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