Magnetism in quantum materials probed by X-ray and neutron scattering

Thesis

In his programmatic article More Is Different (1972), Nobel laureate P. W. Anderson captured the fundamental interest in quantum matter in a nutshell. The central motive in this field is emergence. In the inaugural volume of the homonymous journal, J. Goldstein defined this as “the arising of novel and coherent structures, patterns and properties during the process of self-organization in complex systems". Famously, the idea that the "the whole is greater than the su...

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Authors: Rahn, M

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: X-ray Scattering; Neutrons--Scattering; Superconductivity; Magnetism