Spin-orbit physics of j= 12 Mott insulators on the triangular lattice

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2015, Pages

  Becker, Michael ^a   Hermanns, Maria ^a   Bauer, Bela ^b   Garst, Markus ^a   Trebst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b MICROSOFT RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84929103695     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.155135     Document Type: Article

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