Spin gap in a quasi-one-dimensiona antiferromagnet

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 13, 1998, Pages 7846-7853

  Hammar, Philip R ^a   Reich, Daniel H ^a   Broholm, Collin ^a   Trouw, Frans ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000746602     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.7846     Document Type: Article

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