Effect of interlayer interactions and lattice distortions on the magnetic ground state and spin dynamics of a geometrically frustrated triangular-lattice antiferromagnet

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 14, 2010, Pages

  Haraldsen, J T ^a   Fishman, R S ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 78049457995     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.144441     Document Type: Article

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