Nonequilibrium steady states in the quantum XXZ spin chain

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 88, Issue 24, 2013, Pages

  Sabetta, Thiago ^a   Misguich, Grégoire ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

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EID: 84890690288     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.88.245114     Document Type: Article

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