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Magnetic quantum liquid enigma

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Physical phenomena associated with a quantum critical point are different from their classical counterpart in many ways. For one thing, the effects of quantum criticality might in some cases be observed far away, at unexpectedly high temperatures.

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Figure 1: An illustrative temperature–pressure phase diagram of a ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic metal at low temperatures.

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