Excitonic quasiparticles in a spin-orbit Mott insulator

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kim, Jungho ^a   Daghofer, M ^b   Said, A H ^a   Gog, T ^a   Van Den Brink, J ^b   Khaliullin, G ^c   Kim, B J ^c,d  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DISPERSION; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON; EXCITATION; PHOTON; POLARIZATION; QUASIPARTICLE; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPIN ORBIT MOTT INSULATOR; X RAY;

EID: 84904614996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5453     Document Type: Article

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