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Singular behaviour

Quantum fluctuations at absolute zero may push a system into a different phase or state. The 'quantum critical point' at which this happens in certain materials has now been probed in greater detail.

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Fisk, Z. Singular behaviour. Nature 424, 504–505 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/424504a

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