Quantum spin liquid emerging in two-dimensional correlated Dirac fermions

Nature

Volumn 464, Issue 7290, 2010, Pages 847-851

  Meng, Z Y ^a   Lang, T C ^b   Wessel, S ^a   Assaad, F F ^b   Muramatsu, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW TEMPERATURE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SIMULATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; FERMION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; QUANTUM SPIN LIQUID; SUPERCONDUCTOR;

EID: 77950842509     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08942     Document Type: Article

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