Spin ordering in magnetic quantum dots: From core-halo to Wigner molecules

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 20, 2012, Pages

  Oszwaldowski R ^a   Stano, P ^b,c   Petukhov, A G ^d   Žutić, Igor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Slovakia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84870568377     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.201408     Document Type: Article

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