Direct observation of quantum criticality in Ising spin chains

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Zhang, Jingfu ^a   Cucchietti, Fernando M ^b   Chandrashekar, C M ^a   Laforest, Martin ^a   Ryan, Colm A ^a   Ditty, Michael ^a   Hubbard, Adam ^a   Gamble, John K ^c   Laflamme, Raymond ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c 931 College Mall   (United States)

^d PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); EQUATIONS OF STATE; ISING MODEL; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC; CRITICAL POINTS; DIRECT MEASUREMENTS; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; ISING SPIN CHAINS; LOSCHMIDT ECHOES; ODD NUMBERS; QUANTUM CRITICALITIES; QUANTUM PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUANTUM SIMULATORS; SPIN CHAINS; THEORETICAL PREDICTIONS;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 58949084080     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.012305     Document Type: Article

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