From an antiferromagnet to a valence bond solid: Evidence for a first-order phase transition

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2008, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Jiang, F J ^a   Nyfeler, M ^a   Chandrasekharan, S ^b   Wiese, U J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quantum Monte Carlo simulations; Quantum phase transitions (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 40549120309     PISSN: 17425468     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2008/02/P02009     Document Type: Article

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