Spin liquids in frustrated magnets

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7286, 2010, Pages 199-208

  Balents, Leon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC METHOD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EXCITATION; LIQUID; MAGNET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SPIN LIQUID; TEMPERATURE; THEORY;

EID: 77949366361     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08917     Document Type: Review

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