Theory of severe slowdown in the relaxation of rings and clusters with antiferromagnetic interactions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Rousochatzakis, Ioannis ^a   Läuchli, Andreas ^b   Borsa, Ferdinando ^c,d   Luban, Marshall ^d  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 62349122727     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.064421     Document Type: Article

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