Excitation spectra of the spin- 1 2 triangular-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 22, 2006, Pages

  Zheng, Weihong ^a   Fjærestad, John O ^b   Singh, Rajiv R P ^c   McKenzie, Ross H ^b   Coldea, Radu ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33845672207     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.224420     Document Type: Review

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