Hybridization, inter-ion correlation, and surface states in the Kondo insulator SmB6

Physical Review X

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Xiaohang ^a,c   Butch, N P ^b   Syers, P ^a   Ziemak, S ^a   Greene, Richard L ^a   Paglione, Johnpierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRONIC AND THERMAL TRANSPORTS; INTER-ION CORRELATIONS; KONDO INSULATORS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NONTRIVIAL TOPOLOGY; POINT CONTACT SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SURFACE STATES; TOPOLOGY;

IONS;

EID: 84876190458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.3.011011     Document Type: Article

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