Topological order, dimerization, and spinon deconfinement in frustrated spin ladders

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2008, Pages

  Kim, Eugene H ^a   Legeza, O ^b   Solyom J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b WIGNER RESEARCH CENTRE FOR PHYSICS   (Hungary)

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EID: 44349185480     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.205121     Document Type: Article

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