Excitation spectra of structurally dimerized and spin-Peierls chains in a magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 344-351

  Yu, Weiqiang ^a   Haas, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000875575     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.62.344     Document Type: Article

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