Heat capacity peak at the quantum critical point of the transverse Ising magnet CoNb2O6

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Liang, Tian ^a   Koohpayeh, S M ^b   Krizan, J W ^a   McQueen, T M ^b   Cava, R J ^a   Ong, N P ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT DERIVATIVE; NIOBIUM; OXYGEN DERIVATIVE;

COLUMBITE; CRITICAL STATE; HEAT CAPACITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PARTICLE MOTION; PHASE TRANSITION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; ENTROPY; FERMION; HEAT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 84936116114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8611     Document Type: Article

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