Unconventional spin freezing and fluctuations in the frustrated antiferromagnet NiGa2S4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  MacLaughlin, D E ^a   Nambu, Y ^b   Nakatsuji, S ^b   Heffner, R H ^c,d   Shu, Lei ^a,g   Bernal, O O ^e   Ishida, K ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 57749094788     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.220403     Document Type: Article

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