Spin polarized electrons in a metallic quantum wire Renu Bala, R.K. Moudgil, Sunita Srivastava and K.N. Pathak Eur. Phys. J. B, 87 1 (2014) 5 Published online: 07 January 2014 DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2013-40567-3