Gapless spin liquid ground state in the s=1/2 vanadium oxyfluoride kagome antiferromagnet [NH4]2[C7H14N] [V7O6F18]

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 20, 2013, Pages

  Clark, L ^a   Orain, J C ^b   Bert, F ^b   De Vries, M A ^a   Aidoudi, F H ^c   Morris, R E ^c   Lightfoot, P ^c   Lord, J S ^d   Telling, M T F ^d,e   Bonville, P ^f   Attfield, J P ^a   Mendels, P ^b,g   Harrison, A ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f DIF   (France)

^g INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

^h INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; ANTIFERROMAGNETS; ENERGY SCALE; EXPERIMENTAL MODELS; HEAT CAPACITY MEASUREMENTS; MAGNETIC BILAYER; MUON-SPIN-RELAXATION MEASUREMENTS; SPIN FREEZING;

GROUND STATE; IONS; LIQUIDS; VANADIUM;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84877918023     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.207208     Document Type: Article

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