Spin liquid in a single crystal of the frustrated diamond lattice antiferromagnet CoAl2O4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages

  Zaharko, O ^a   Christensen, N B ^b   Cervellino, A ^a   Tsurkan, V ^c,d   Maljuk, A ^e   Stuhr, U ^a   Niedermayer, C ^a   Yokaichiya, F ^f   Argyriou, D N ^g   Boehm, M ^h   Loidl, A ^c  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Moldova)

^e IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^f LABORATÓRIO NACIONAL DE LUZ SÍNCROTRON   (Brazil)

^g HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^h INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

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EID: 84856162341     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.84.094403     Document Type: Article

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