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Exactly solvable model reveals how trapped light can create magnetic order in one-dimensional spin chains
Source: Phys.org · Published
A research team wanted to better understand how the forces between particles inside a material change. They discovered that by confining one-dimensional classical spin chains inside a mirror box cavity with light, they could force these magnetic particles to organize and undergo a phase transition. Their work provides the simplest exactly solvable examples showing that light can create new phase…
Key points
- A research team wanted to better understand how the forces between particles inside a material change.
- They discovered that by confining one-dimensional classical spin chains inside a mirror box cavity with light, they could force these magnetic particles to organize and undergo a phase transition.
- Their work provides the simplest exactly solvable examples showing that light can create new phase…
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