Mott physics and band topology in materials with strong spin-orbit interaction

Nature Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 376-381

  Pesin, Dmytro ^a,b,c   Balents, Leon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-ELECTRON INTERACTIONS; ELECTRONS; TOPOLOGY;

MAGNETICALLY ORDERED STATE; MOTT INSULATOR PHASE; MOTT-INSULATOR TRANSITION; PYROCHLORES; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SURFACE SPINS; TOPOLOGICAL BANDS;

MOTT INSULATORS;

EID: 77952012002     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1606     Document Type: Article

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