Magnetic properties of BaCdVO (PO4) 2: A strongly frustrated spin- 1 2 square lattice close to the quantum critical regime

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Nath, R ^a   Tsirlin, A A ^a,b   Rosner, H ^a   Geibel, C ^a  

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

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 50449096191     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.064422     Document Type: Article

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