Quantum kinetic theory of current-induced torques in Rashba ferromagnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Pesin, D A ^a   MacDonald, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 84864451713     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.014416     Document Type: Article

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