First- and second-order magnetic and structural transitions in BaFe 2(1-x)Co2xAs2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Rotundu, C R ^a   Birgeneau, R J ^b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of California Berkeley   (United States)

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EID: 80053523540     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.092501     Document Type: Article

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