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Early experimental evidence of a topological quantum state: The signature of the Haldane ground state revealed by scattered neutrons

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 نشر من قبل Mechthild Enderle
 تاريخ النشر 2017
  مجال البحث فيزياء
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Neutron scattering played an important role in the experimental exploration of the theoretical ideas of Thouless, Haldane, and Kosterlitz, who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016. This article reviews the signatures of Haldanes predicted topological quantum ground state and their observation in early neutron scattering experiments, which overturned the wisdom of the day.

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