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Magnetic fields without magnetic fields

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Exquisite control of quantum systems has allowed researchers to connect reality to ideas of how an exotic form of particle transport known as the quantum Hall effect can occur in the absence of a magnetic field. See Letters p.237 & p.241

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Figure 1: Chiral dynamics.

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Simon, J. Magnetic fields without magnetic fields. Nature 515, 202–203 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/515202a

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