Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7

A classical Hamiltonian captures key properties of spin ice materials such as residual entropy and fractionalized excitations. Here, the authors present experimental results of the polarization transition that motivate a Hamiltonian with lattice distortions, which predicts an intermediate magnetizat...

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Main Authors: R. A. Borzi, F. A. Gómez Albarracín, H. D. Rosales, G. L. Rossini, A. Steppke, D. Prabhakaran, A. P. Mackenzie, D. C. Cabra, S. A. Grigera
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2016-08-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12592
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author R. A. Borzi
F. A. Gómez Albarracín
H. D. Rosales
G. L. Rossini
A. Steppke
D. Prabhakaran
A. P. Mackenzie
D. C. Cabra
S. A. Grigera
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F. A. Gómez Albarracín
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description A classical Hamiltonian captures key properties of spin ice materials such as residual entropy and fractionalized excitations. Here, the authors present experimental results of the polarization transition that motivate a Hamiltonian with lattice distortions, which predicts an intermediate magnetization state and competing ground state orders.
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spelling doaj.art-acd79c3a4f7f469bb6033f701af44e162022-12-21T23:12:07ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232016-08-01711810.1038/ncomms12592Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7R. A. Borzi0F. A. Gómez Albarracín1H. D. Rosales2G. L. Rossini3A. Steppke4D. Prabhakaran5A. P. Mackenzie6D. C. Cabra7S. A. Grigera8Instituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos (IFLYSIB)Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas,Universidad Nacional de La PlataDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas,Universidad Nacional de La PlataDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas,Universidad Nacional de La PlataSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. AndrewsDepartment of Physics, Clarendon Laboratory, University of OxfordSchool of Physics and Astronomy, University of St. AndrewsDepartamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas,Universidad Nacional de La PlataInstituto de Física de Líquidos y Sistemas Biológicos (IFLYSIB)A classical Hamiltonian captures key properties of spin ice materials such as residual entropy and fractionalized excitations. Here, the authors present experimental results of the polarization transition that motivate a Hamiltonian with lattice distortions, which predicts an intermediate magnetization state and competing ground state orders.https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12592
spellingShingle R. A. Borzi
F. A. Gómez Albarracín
H. D. Rosales
G. L. Rossini
A. Steppke
D. Prabhakaran
A. P. Mackenzie
D. C. Cabra
S. A. Grigera
Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7
Nature Communications
title Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7
title_full Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7
title_fullStr Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7
title_full_unstemmed Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7
title_short Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7
title_sort intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in dy2ti2o7 and ho2ti2o7
url https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12592
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