Topological quantum phase transition in an exactly solvable model of a chiral spin liquid at finite temperature

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Chung, Suk Bum ^a   Yao, Hong ^a   Hughes, Taylor L ^a   Kim, Eun Ah ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

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EID: 77954824094     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.060403     Document Type: Article

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