Undamped low-energy plasmon in AlH3 at high pressure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Gurtubay, I G ^a,b   Rousseau, B ^b,c   Bergara, A ^a,b,c  

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

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

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EID: 77957554403     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.085113     Document Type: Article

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