Calculating the Berry curvature of Bloch electrons using the KKR method

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Gradhand, M ^a,d   Fedorov, D V ^b   Pientka, F ^b,c   Zahn, P ^b   Mertig, I ^a,b   Gyorffy B L ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 80052421699     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.075113     Document Type: Article

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