Gap states in insulating
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J. W. Simonson,1,* K. Post,2 C. Marques,1 G. Smith,1 O. Khatib,2 D. N. Basov,2 and M. C. Aronson1,3 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA 2Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, California 92093, USA 3Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11793, USA (Received 29 July 2011; revised manuscript received 30 September 2011; published 25 October 2011)
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