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Published: Feb 19, 2012
Vol/Issue: 8(4)
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Physik Department E21, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany.; Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany.; Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Cologne, Germany.

Physik Department E21, Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany.; Forschungsneutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) Technische Universität München, D-85748 Garching, Germany.; Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, Zülpicher Straße 77, D-50937 Cologne, Germany.

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T. Schulz, R. Ritz, A. Bauer, et al. (2012). Emergent electrodynamics of skyrmions in a chiral magnet. Nature Physics, 8(4), 301-304. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys2231

Emergent electrodynamics of skyrmions in a chiral magnet

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