Quantum topological phase transition at the microscopic level

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Castelnovo, Claudio ^a   Chamon, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b USA   (United States)

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EID: 40749095307     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.054433     Document Type: Article

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