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Progress in theoretical calculation of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy of 3d transition metals

Yalei FAN^1,3, Jing ZHOU^1,3, Zhiwei HU^1,2, Jianqiang WANG^1,3、**, and Linjuan ZHANG^1,3、*

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¹Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201800, China

²Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solid States, Dresden 01187, Germany

³University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

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Received: Jun. 12, 2023

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Published Online: May. 28, 2024

The Author Email: WANG Jianqiang (王建强), ZHANG Linjuan (张林娟)

DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.040001

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