Quantum dynamics of a mobile spin impurity

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 235-241

  Fukuhara, Takeshi ^a   Kantian, Adrian ^b   Endres, Manuel ^a   Cheneau, Marc ^a   Schauß, Peter ^a   Hild, Sebastian ^a   Bellem, David ^a   Schollwöck, Ulrich ^c   Giamarchi, Thierry ^b   Gross, Christian ^a   Bloch, Immanuel ^a,c   Kuhr, Stefan ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MAGNETISM; OPTICAL LATTICES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM THEORY;

COHERENT PROPAGATION; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; ELEMENTARY PROCESS; HEISENBERG MODELS; MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL LATTICE SYSTEMS; QUANTUM MAGNETISM; SELECTION TECHNIQUES;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 84876416355     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2561     Document Type: Article

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