Neutron Scattering Studies of spin excitations in hole-doped Ba 0.67K 0.33 Fe 2As 2 superconductor

Scientific Reports

Volumn 1, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Zhang, Chenglin ^a   Wang, Meng ^a,b   Luo, Huiqian ^b   Wang, Miaoyin ^a   Liu, Mengshu ^a   Zhao, Jun ^a   Abernathy, D L ^c   Maier, T A ^c   Marty, Karol ^c   Lumsden, M D ^c   Chi, Songxue ^d,e   Chang, Sung ^d   Rodriguez Rivera, Jose A ^d,e   Lynn, J W ^d   Xiang, Tao ^b,f   Hu, Jiangping ^b,g   Dai, Pengcheng ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^g PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84859776566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00115     Document Type: Article

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