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A first-order phase transition between two crystalline phases of magnetic whirls sheds light on the role of topology in magnetic transitions.

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Figure 1: Schematic illustration of two-dimensional lattices of magnetic whirls, so-called skyrmions, formed in planes perpendicular to the magnetic field.

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  1. Achim Rosch is at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Cologne, D-50937 Cologne, Germany,

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Rosch, A. Particles or waves. Nature Mater 15, 1231–1232 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4774

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