Topological characterization of quantum phase transitions in a spin-1/2 model

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Feng, Xiao Yong ^a   Zhang, Guang Ming ^b   Xiang, Tao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FERMIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TOPOLOGY;

LANDAU THEORY; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; STRING ORDER PARAMETERS (SOP);

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33847314665     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.087204     Document Type: Article

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