Controllable chirality-induced geometrical Hall effect in a frustrated highly correlated metal

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ueland, B G ^a   Miclea, C F ^a,b   Kato, Yasuyuki ^a   Ayala Valenzuela, O ^a   McDonald, R D ^a   Okazaki, R ^c   Tobash, P H ^a   Torrez, M A ^a   Ronning, F ^a   Movshovich, R ^a   Fisk, Z ^a,d   Bauer, E D ^a   Martin, Ivar ^a   Thompson, J D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS PHYSICS   (Romania)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; ELECTRON; GEOMETRY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM YIELD;

EID: 84866999344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2075     Document Type: Article

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