Spin gap in Ce Fe4 Sb12 studied by heat capacity and inelastic neutron scattering

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Viennois, R ^a,b,c   Girard, L ^b   Chapon, L C ^d   Adroja, D T ^d   Bewley, R I ^d   Ravot, D ^b   Riseborough, Peter S ^e   Paschen, S ^c,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e Temple University   (United States)

^f VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 36649013676     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.174438     Document Type: Article

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