Possible proximity of the Mott insulating iridate Na2IrO 3 to a topological phase: Phase diagram of the Heisenberg-Kitaev model in a magnetic field

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 24, 2011, Pages

  Jiang, Hong Chen ^a   Gu, Zheng Cheng ^b   Qi, Xiao Liang ^a,c   Trebst, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79961178886     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.245104     Document Type: Article

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