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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen

TT 2: Symposium: High Magnetic Field Phenomena in Low Dimensional Magnets

TT 2.1: Talk

Monday, February 25, 2008, 09:30–10:00, H 0104

High magnetic fields with low dimensional magnets — •Alan Tennant — Hahn Meitner Institut, Berlin, Germany

High magnetic fields provide a near perfect degree of control over the physics of low dimensional magnets. A broad array of new physical states and phase transitions are being predicted theoretically and discovered experimentally. In this talk I give an overview of some of the new magnetic states that are being discovered including quantum criticality, exotic phase transitions, and fractionalisation of quasi-particles. I shall also outline some of the challenges for the future for experiment and the developing array of tools and materials that are opening up this field of study.