Significant softening of c66 and hidden order parameter in the magnetic ordered state of La2-xCaxCoO4 (0.4≤x≤0.7)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 14, 2008, Pages

  Horigane, K ^a   Kobayashi, T ^b   Suzuki, M ^b   Abe, K ^b   Asai, K ^b   Akimitsu, J ^a  

^a AOYAMA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

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EID: 55349120540     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.144108     Document Type: Article

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