Zero-temperature phase transitions of an antiferromagnetic Ising model of general spin on a triangular lattice

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 14935-14947

  Zeng, Chen ^a   Henley, Christopher L ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

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EID: 0009059263     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.14935     Document Type: Article

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