Vector chiral spin liquid phase in quasi-one-dimensional incommensurate helimagnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Cinti, Fabio ^a,b   Cuccoli, Alessandro ^b   Rettori, Angelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 79961047775     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.174415     Document Type: Article

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