Effects of spin-orbit coupling and strong correlation on the paramagnetic insulating state in plutonium dioxides

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 15, 2010, Pages

  Nakamura, Hiroki ^a,b   Machida, Masahiko ^a,b   Kato, Masato ^a  

^a JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 78149255730     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.155131     Document Type: Article

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