Universality of Plasmon Excitations in Dirac Semimetals

Kharzeev, Dmitri E.; Pisarski, Robert D.; Yee, Ho-Ung

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.236402

Title: Universality of Plasmon Excitations in Dirac Semimetals

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Authors:: Kharzeev, Dmitri E.; Pisarski, Robert D.; Yee, Ho-Ung

Publication Date:: Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2015

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1227751

Grant/Contract Number:: FG- 88ER40388; AC02-98CH10886

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 115; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Kharzeev, Dmitri E., Pisarski, Robert D., and Yee, Ho-Ung. Universality of Plasmon Excitations in Dirac Semimetals.  United States: N. p., 2015. 
Web.  doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.236402.

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                    Kharzeev, Dmitri E., Pisarski, Robert D., & Yee, Ho-Ung. Universality of Plasmon Excitations in Dirac Semimetals.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.236402

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                    Kharzeev, Dmitri E., Pisarski, Robert D., and Yee, Ho-Ung. Wed .  
"Universality of Plasmon Excitations in Dirac Semimetals".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.236402.

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  title        = {Universality of Plasmon Excitations in Dirac Semimetals},

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