Topological excitations in a kagome magnet

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pereiro, Manuel ^a   Yudin, Dmitry ^a   Chico, Jonathan ^a   Etz, Corina ^a   Eriksson, Olle ^a   Bergman, Anders ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; VANADIUM;

ELECTRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; PARTICLE MOTION; SYMMETRY; TOPOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; DYNAMICS; EXCITATION; INFORMATION STORAGE; KAGOME MAGNET; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; PREDICTION; RIGHT HANDEDNESS;

EID: 84929575226     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5815     Document Type: Article

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