Non-Abelian states of matter

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7286, 2010, Pages 187-193

  Stern, Ady ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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ELECTRON; LASER; METAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ELECTRON; INTERFEROMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; REVIEW; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

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EID: 77949367414     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08915     Document Type: Review

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