Dimensional reduction at a quantum critical point

Nature

Volumn 441, Issue 7093, 2006, Pages 617-620

  Sebastian, S E ^a   Harrison, N ^b   Batista, C D ^c   Balicas, L ^d   Jaime, M ^b   Sharma, P A ^b   Kawashima, N ^e   Fisher, I R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERMI LIQUIDS; GROUND STATE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

CONDENSED-MATTER PHYSICS; ELECTRONIC PHASES; QUANTUM CRITICAL POINT (QCP); QUANTUM-MECHANICAL FLUCTUATIONS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

BARIUM; COPPER; DIMER; OXIDE; SILICON;

ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRONICS; FLUID FLOW; GEOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIQUID; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHASE TRANSITION; PHYSICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM CRITICAL POINT; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROTATION; THEORY;

EID: 33745297141     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature04732     Document Type: Article

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