Magnetic and non-magnetic phases of a quantum spin liquid

Nature

Volumn 471, Issue 7340, 2011, Pages 612-616

  Pratt, F L ^a   Baker, P J ^a   Blundell, S J ^b   Lancaster, T ^b   Ohira Kawamura, S ^c   Baines, C ^a   Shimizu, Y ^d   Kanoda, K ^e   Watanabe, I ^f   Saito, G ^g,h  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f RIKEN   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM SPIN LIQUID; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79953242507     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature09910     Document Type: Article

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