Thermodynamic study of a lattice of compass needles in dipolar interaction

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 9238-9247

  Olive, Enrick ^a   Molho, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

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EID: 0001445589     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.9238     Document Type: Article

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