Quantum dimer models and exotic orders
arXiv:0809.3050 · doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8512-3_10
Abstract
We discuss how quantum dimer models may be used to provide "proofs of principle" for the existence of exotic magnetic phases in quantum spin systems.
12 pages, 6 figures. Contributed talk at the PITP-Les Houches Summer School on "Quantum Magnetism", June 2006
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