Excitation spectrum and ground-state properties of the (formula presented) heisenberg ladder with staggered dimerization

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 17, 1999, Pages 11377-11383

  Kotov, V N ^a   Oitmaa, J ^a   Weihong, Zheng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0005571694     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.11377     Document Type: Article

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