Gapless ground state in the archetypal quantum kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2

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P. Khuntia, M. Velazquez, Q. Barthélemy, et al. (2020). Gapless ground state in the archetypal quantum kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2. Nature Physics, 16(4), 469-474. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0792-1

Gapless ground state in the archetypal quantum kagome antiferromagnet ZnCu3(OH)6Cl2

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