Quantum annealing of a disordered magnet

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5415, 1999, Pages 779-781

  Brooke, J ^a   Bitko, D ^a   Rosenbaum, T F ^a   Aeppli, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUANTUM THEORY; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

DISORDERED MAGNETS; QUANTUM ANNEALING;

MAGNETS;

ARTICLE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0033617582     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5415.779     Document Type: Article

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