Topological-Sector Fluctuations and Curie-Law Crossover in Spin Ice
At low temperatures, a spin ice enters a Coulomb phase—a state with algebraic correlations and topologically constrained spin configurations. We show how analytical and numerical approaches for model spin-ice systems reveal a crossover between two Curie laws. One of these laws characterizes the high...
Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2013-02-01
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Series: | Physical Review X |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.3.011014 |