Functional Keldysh theory of spin torques
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R. A. Duine,1,* A. S. Núñez,2,† Jairo Sinova,3,‡ and A. H. MacDonald4,§ 1Institute for Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, Leuvenlaan 4, 3584 CE Utrecht, The Netherlands 2Instituto de Física, PUCV, Avenida Brasil 2950, Casilla 4059, Valparaíso, Chile 3Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA 4Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, Texas 78712-0264, USA Received 15 March 2007; published 18 June 2007
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