Cascade of magnetic-field-induced quantum phase transitions in a spin-12 triangular-lattice antiferromagnet

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Fortune, N A ^a   Hannahs, S T ^b   Yoshida, Y ^e   Sherline, T E ^f   Ono, T ^d   Tanaka, H ^d   Takano, Y ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^d TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNET; FIRST-ORDER; GEOMETRICALLY FRUSTRATED SYSTEMS; HEISENBERG; MAGNETOCALORIC; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM STATE; SPIN ARRANGEMENT; SPIN STATE; TRIANGULAR-LATTICE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; BIOELECTRIC PHENOMENA; ELECTRON TUNNELING; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 67649361978     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.257201     Document Type: Article

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