Li-Induced Spin and Charge Excitations in a Spin Ladder

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 25, 2002, Pages 4-

  Läuchli, Andreas ^a   Poilblanc, Didier ^a,b   Rice, T M ^a   White, Steven R ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 85038283231     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.257201     Document Type: Article

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