Gapless spin liquids: Stability and possible experimental relevance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Barkeshli, Maissam ^a   Yao, Hong ^a,b   Kivelson, Steven A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84876178913     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.140402     Document Type: Article

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