Spin-Ice Thin Films: Large-N Theory and Monte Carlo Simulations

We explore the physics of highly frustrated magnets in confined geometries, focusing on the Coulomb phase of pyrochlore spin ices. As a specific example, we investigate thin films of nearest-neighbor spin ice, using a combination of analytic large-N techniques and Monte Carlo simulations. In the sim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Étienne Lantagne-Hurtubise, Jeffrey G. Rau, Michel J. P. Gingras
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018-05-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.021053