Thermodynamics of strongly disordered spin ladders

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 1-10

  Yusuf, Eddy ^a   Yang, Kun ^a  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

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EID: 85038307515     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.65.224428     Document Type: Article

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