Disorder in a quantum spin liquid: Flux binding and local moment formation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 23, 2010, Pages

  Willans, A J ^a   Chalker, J T ^a   Moessner, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

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Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; DISORDER STRENGTH; HEAT CAPACITIES; HONEYCOMB MODELS; LOCAL MOMENTS; LOCAL-MOMENT FORMATION; POWER LAW; QUANTUM SPIN LIQUID; SINGLE VACANCIES; SITE DILUTION; SUB-LATTICES;

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EID: 77953481420     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.237203     Document Type: Article

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