Quantum phase transitions beyond the Landau-Ginzburg paradigm and supersymmetry

Annals of Physics

Volumn 325, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-15

  Sachdev, Subir ^a   Yin, Xi ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnet; Deconfinement; Duality; Monopole; Quantum phase transition; Supersymmetry; Valence bond solid

Indexed keywords

EID: 73449139727     PISSN: 00034916     EISSN: 1096035X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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