Spin gap and hole pairing in the spin-ladder cuprate Sr14-cursive Greek chiAcursive Greek chiCu24O41 (A=Ca and La) studied by the thermal conductivity

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 437-444

  Kudo, Kazutaka ^a   Ishikawa, Satoru ^a   Noji, Takashi ^a   Adachi, Tadashi ^a   Koike, Yoji ^a   Maki, Katsuhiko ^b   Tsuji, Shigenori ^b,c   Kumagai, Ken Ichi ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Spin gap; Spin ladder system; Sr14 cursive greek chi(Ca,La)cursive greek chiCu24o41 single crystal; Thermal conductivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040748324     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.70.437     Document Type: Article

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