Chirality of matter shows up via spin excitations
10.1038/nphys2387
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Bordács, S., Kézsmárki, I., Szaller, D., Demkó, L., Kida, N., Murakawa, H., Onose, Y., Shimano, R., Rõõm, T., Nagel, U., Miyahara, S., Furukawa, N., & Tokura, Y. (2012). Chirality of matter shows up via spin excitations. Nature Physics, 8(10), 734–738.

Authors 13
  1. S. Bordács (first)
  2. I. Kézsmárki (additional)
  3. D. Szaller (additional)
  4. L. Demkó (additional)
  5. N. Kida (additional)
  6. H. Murakawa (additional)
  7. Y. Onose (additional)
  8. R. Shimano (additional)
  9. T. Rõõm (additional)
  10. U. Nagel (additional)
  11. S. Miyahara (additional)
  12. N. Furukawa (additional)
  13. Y. Tokura (additional)
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@article{Bord_cs_2012, title={Chirality of matter shows up via spin excitations}, volume={8}, ISSN={1745-2481}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys2387}, DOI={10.1038/nphys2387}, number={10}, journal={Nature Physics}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Bordács, S. and Kézsmárki, I. and Szaller, D. and Demkó, L. and Kida, N. and Murakawa, H. and Onose, Y. and Shimano, R. and Rõõm, T. and Nagel, U. and Miyahara, S. and Furukawa, N. and Tokura, Y.}, year={2012}, month=aug, pages={734–738} }