Spin-liquid ground state in the frustrated kagome antiferromagnet MgCu 3(OH)6Cl2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Kermarrec, E ^a   Mendels, P ^a   Bert, F ^a   Colman, R H ^b   Wills, A S ^b   Strobel, P ^c   Bonville, P ^d   Hillier, A ^e   Amato, A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^f PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

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EID: 80053577309     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.100401     Document Type: Article

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