Spontaneous skyrmion ground states in magnetic metals

Nature

Volumn 442, Issue 7104, 2006, Pages 797-801

  Roßler U K ^a   Bogdanov, A N ^a,b   Pfleiderer, C ^b,c,d  

^a IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; GROUND STATE; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MAGNETIZATION; QUANTUM THEORY;

CONTINUUM MODEL; QUANTUM HALL MAGNETS; SKYRMIONS; SPIN TEXTURES;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; METAL;

AMPLITUDE; CONTINUUM MECHANICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; FILM; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33747586558     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05056     Document Type: Article

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