An hour-glass magnetic spectrum in an insulating, hole-doped antiferromagnet

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7338, 2011, Pages 341-344

  Boothroyd, A T ^a   Babkevich, P ^a,b   Prabhakaran, D ^a   Freeman, P G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^d HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDE;

GLASS; INSULATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OXIDE;

ANTIFERROMAGNET; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAGNET; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79952778707     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09902     Document Type: Article

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