Quantum criticality and deconfinement in phase transitions between valence bond solids

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Vishwanath, Ashvin ^a   Balents, L ^b   Senthil, T ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNET; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL; DECONFINEMENT; ENERGY; EXCITATION AND STIMULATION; LOW ENERGY PHYSICS; MAGNET; MULTICRITICAL POINT; PHASE TRANSITION; PHOTON; PHYSICS; QUANTUM CRITICALITY; QUANTUM DIMER MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROKSHAR KIVELSON POINT; SOLID; SPINON; THEORETICAL MODEL; VALENCE BOND SOLID;

EID: 42749105908     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.224416     Document Type: Article

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