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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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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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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