Magnetoelastic excitations in the pyrochlore spin liquid Tb2 Ti 2 O7

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Fennell, T ^a   Kenzelmann, M ^a   Roessli, B ^a   Mutka, H ^b   Ollivier, J ^b   Ruminy, M ^a   Stuhr, U ^a   Zaharko, O ^a   Bovo, L ^c   Cervellino, A ^a   Haas, M K ^d   Cava, R J ^d  

^a PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL-FIELD LEVELS; DISPERSION RELATIONS; HYBRID EXCITATION; PARAMAGNETIC STATE; SPIN LIQUID STATE; SPIN-LIQUID PHASE; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS; TRANSVERSE ACOUSTIC PHONONS;

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LIQUIDS;

EID: 84892409561     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.017203     Document Type: Article

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