Antiferromagnetic hedgehogs with superconducting cores

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 5731-5735

  Goldbart, Paul M ^a   Sheehy, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0001540501     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.5731     Document Type: Article

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