Direct observation of the quantum energy gap in s = 1/2 tetragonal cuprate antiferromagnets

Europhysics Letters

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 508-514

  Katsumata, K ^a,e   Hagiwara, M ^a   Honda, Z ^a,f   Satooka, J ^a   Aharony, A ^b,c   Birgeneau, R J ^c,d   Chou, F C ^c   Entin Wohlman, O ^b   Harris, A B ^c   Kastner, M A ^c   Kim, Y J ^c   Lee, Y S ^c  

^a INST OF PHYS AND CHEMICAL RESEARCH   (Japan)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e RIKEN HARIMA INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^f SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 18044390840     PISSN: 02955075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1209/epl/i2001-00276-4     Document Type: Article

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