Topology, symmetry, phase transitions, and noncollinear spin structures

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Santos, F A N ^a   Coutinho Filho, M D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION SPACE; CRITICAL ENERGY; CRITICAL POINTS; ENERGY LEVEL; EULER CHARACTERISTIC; FIELD-INDUCED PHASE TRANSITION; FINITE TEMPERATURES; INDUCED PHASE TRANSITION; JACOBIANS; MORSE THE-ORY; NON-DEGENERACY; NONCOLLINEAR SPIN STRUCTURES; SADDLE POINT; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; TOPOLOGICAL APPROACH; TOPOLOGICAL INVARIANTS; X-Y MODEL;

BAND STRUCTURE; EQUATIONS OF STATE; SPIN DYNAMICS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TOPOLOGY; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 70349769338     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.031123     Document Type: Article

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