Global Formation of Topological Defects in the Multiferroic Hexagonal Manganites
The spontaneous transformations associated with symmetry-breaking phase transitions generate domain structures and defects that may be topological in nature. The formation of these defects can be described according to the Kibble-Zurek mechanism, which provides a generic relation that applies from c...
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Format: | Article |
Idioma: | English |
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American Physical Society
2017-10-01
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Col·lecció: | Physical Review X |
Accés en línia: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.7.041014 |