Static impurities in the S = 1/2 kagome lattice: Dimer freezing and mutual repulsion

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Dommange, S ^a   Mambrini, M ^b   Normand, B ^c   Mila, F ^d  

^a INSTITUT ROMAND DE RECHERCHE NUMÉRIQUE EN PHYSIQUE DES MATÉRIAUX IRRMA   (Switzerland)

^b Lab de Physique Théorique   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIMERIZATION; ENERGY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742270361     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.224416     Document Type: Article

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