Absence of Zero-Bias Anomaly in Spin-Polarized Vacuum Tunneling in Co(0001)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 4-

  Ding, H F ^a   Wulfhekel, W ^a   Henk, J ^a   Bruno, P ^a   Kirschner, J ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

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EID: 85038311031     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.116603     Document Type: Article

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