Quantum phase transition of a magnet in a spin bath

Science

Volumn 308, Issue 5720, 2005, Pages 389-392

  Ronnow H M ^a,b,c   Parthasarathy, R ^b   Jensen, J ^d   Aeppli, G ^e   Rosenbaum, T F ^b   McMorrow, D F ^c,d,f  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETS; NEUTRON SPECTROMETERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRONIC QUANTUM; NEUTRON SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR SPIN BATHS; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

PHYSICS;

ARTICLE; CROSS COUPLING REACTION; ELECTRONICS; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MODEL; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUTRON RADIATION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTRUM;

EID: 17244381310     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1108317     Document Type: Article

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