Muon spin relaxation studies of the frustrated quasi-two-dimensional square-lattice spin system Cu (Cl,Br) la (Nb,Ta) 2 O7: Evolution from spin-gap to antiferromagnetic state

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Uemura, Y J ^a   Aczel, A A ^b   Ajiro, Y ^c   Carlo, J P ^a   Goko, T ^a,d   Goldfeld, D A ^a   Kitada, A ^c   Luke, G M ^b   MacDougall, G J ^b   Mihailescu, I G ^a   Rodriguez, J A ^b   Russo, P L ^a   Tsujimoto, Y ^c   Wiebe, C R ^e   Williams, T J ^b   Yamamoto, T ^c   Yoshimura, K ^c   Kageyama, H ^c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TRIUMF   (Canada)

^e Florida State University   (United States)

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EID: 72949085950     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.174408     Document Type: Article

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