Magnetic vortex crystals in frustrated Mott insulator

Physical Review X

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kamiya, Y ^a   Batista, C D ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensed matter physics; Magnetism; Quantum physics

Indexed keywords

CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; VORTEX FLOW;

FRUSTRATED QUANTUM MAGNETS; MAGNETIC VORTICES; QUANTUM FLUCTUATION; QUANTUM PHASE DIAGRAMS; QUANTUM PHYSICS; SPIN CONFIGURATIONS; STATES OF MATTER; SYMMETRIC EXCHANGES;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 84899748953     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21603308     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011023     Document Type: Article

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