Quantum kagomé antiferromagnet in a magnetic field: Low-lying nonmagnetic excitations versus valence-bond crystal order

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 14, 2005, Pages

  Cabra, D C ^a   Grynberg, M D ^b   Holdsworth, P C W ^c   Honecker, A ^d,e   Pujol, P ^c   Richter, J ^f   Schmalfuss D ^f   Schulenburg, J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^f OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

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EID: 28744436533     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.71.144420     Document Type: Article

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