Metastable states in the triangular-lattice Ising model studied by Monte Carlo simulations: Application to the spin-chain compound Ca3 Co2 O6

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 2009, Pages

  Soto, R ^a   Martinez G ^a,b   Baibich, M N ^b   Florez, J M ^a,c   Vargas, P ^a,d  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

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EID: 67449102367     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.184422     Document Type: Article

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