Order-by-disorder and spiral spin-liquid in frustrated diamond-lattice antiferromagnets

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 487-491

  Bergman, Doron ^a   Alicea, Jason ^a   Gull, Emanuel ^b   Trebst, Simon ^a   Balents, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; CRYSTAL LATTICES; LIQUIDS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETS; DIAMOND LATTICES; FRUSTRATED MAGNETISMS; LOWER TEMPERATURES; ORDERING MECHANISM; SPIN CORRELATIONS; SPINEL MATERIALS; SPIRAL SURFACES;

GROUND STATE;

EID: 34547307391     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys622     Document Type: Article

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