Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Atomic physics

A route to quantum magnetism

  • News & Views
  • Published:

From Nature

View current issue Submit your manuscript

The trend towards using ultracold atoms as simulators of condensed-matter and many-body phenomena is gaining momentum. These systems can now be used to simulate quantum magnetism. See Article p.307

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

Figure 1: The principle of Simon and colleagues' effective spin model2.

References

  1. Bloch, I., Dalibard, J. & Zwerger, W. Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 885–964 (2008).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  2. Simon, J. et al. Nature 472, 307–312 (2011).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  3. Sachdev, S., Sengupta, K. & Girvin, S. M. Phys. Rev. B 66, 075128 (2002).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  4. Greiner, M. et al. Nature 415, 39–44 (2002).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  5. Regal, C. A., Greiner, M. & Jin, D. S. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 040403 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  6. Zwierlein, M. W. et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 120403 (2004).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  7. Žutić, I., Fabian, J. & Das Sarma, S. Rev. Mod. Phys. 76, 323–410 (2004).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Ralph, D. C. & Stiles, M. D. J. Magn. Magn. Mater. 320, 1190–1216 (2008).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  9. Balents, L. Nature 464, 199–208 (2010).

    Article  ADS  CAS  Google Scholar 

  10. Ovchinnikov, A. A., Dmitriev, D. V., Krivnov, V. Ya. & Cheranovskii, V. O. Phys. Rev. B 68, 214406 (2003).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Ian B. Spielman is at the Joint Quantum Institute, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Maryland, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–8424, USA.,

    Ian B. Spielman

Authors
  1. Ian B. Spielman
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Ian B. Spielman.

Additional information

This article and the paper under discussion2 were published online on 13 April 2011.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Spielman, I. A route to quantum magnetism. Nature 472, 301–302 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10101

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10101

  • Springer Nature Limited

Search

Navigation