First-principles calculation of the nonadiabatic spin transfer torque in Ni and Fe

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 22, 2011, Pages

  Gilmore, Keith ^a,b   Garate, Ion ^c   MacDonald, Allan H ^d   Stiles, M D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Yale University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84855323688     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.224412     Document Type: Article

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