Temperature dependence of the excitation spectrum in the charge-density-wave ErTe3 and HoTe3 systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Pfuner, F ^a   Lerch, P ^b   Chu, J H ^c,d   Kuo, H H ^c,d   Fisher, I R ^c,d   Degiorgi, L ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77955588949     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.195110     Document Type: Article

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