Magnetization steps in a diluted Heisenberg antiferromagnetic chain: Theory and experiments on (CH3)4NMnxCd1−xCl3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 22, 2003, Pages

  Paduan Filho, A ^a   Oliveira, N F ^a   Bindilatti, V ^a   Foner, S ^b   Shapira, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTOR; CRYSTAL; ENERGY; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCEDURES; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PHONON; POWDER; PROBABILITY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; THEORY;

EID: 0742270370     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.224417     Document Type: Article

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