Spin-orbital separation in the quasi-one-dimensional Mott insulator Sr 2 CuO3

Nature

Volumn 485, Issue 7396, 2012, Pages 82-85

  Schlappa, J ^a,b   Wohlfeld, K ^c   Zhou, K J ^a,i   Mourigal, M ^d   Haverkort, M W ^e   Strocov, V N ^a   Hozoi, L ^c   Monney, C ^a   Nishimoto, S ^c   Singh, S ^f,j   Revcolevschi, A ^f   Caux, J S ^g   Patthey, L ^a,h   Ronnow H M ^d   Van Den Brink, J ^c   Schmitt, T ^a  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics   (Germany)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h SwissFEL   (Switzerland)

ⁱ DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^j INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DERIVATIVE; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM CUPRATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL BINDING; ELECTRON; MOMENTUM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; QUANTUM MECHANICS; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; DISPERSION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ENERGY; MOTT INSULATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; RESONANT INELASTIC X RAY SCATTERING;

EID: 84860523531     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10974     Document Type: Article

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