Role of spin-orbit coupling and evolution of the electronic structure of WTe2 under an external magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Rhodes, D ^a   Das, S ^b   Zhang, Q R ^a   Zeng, B ^a   Pradhan, N R ^a   Kikugawa, N ^a,c   Manousakis, E ^b,d   Balicas, L ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida State University   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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EID: 84943739910     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.125152     Document Type: Article

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