Monopoles, magnetricity, and the stray field from spin ice. by Blundell, S

“…An analysis is presented of the behavior of muons in the low-temperature state in spin ice. It is shown in detail how the behavior observed in some previous muon experiments on spin ice in a weak transverse field may result from the macroscopic stray field of magnetized spin ice. …”

Proposal for the detection of magnetic monopoles in spin ice via nanoscale magnetometry by Kirschner, F, Flicker, F, Yacoby, A, Yao, N, Blundell, S

“…We present a proposal for applying nanoscale magnetometry to the search for magnetic monopoles in the spin ice materials holmium and dysprosium titanate. …”

mu SR investigation of spin dynamics in the spin-ice material Dy2Ti2O7 by Lago, J, Blundell, S, Baines, C

μsR investigation of spin dynamics in the spin-ice material Dy 2Ti2O7 by Lago, J, Blundell, S, Baines, C

“…We present a detailed muon spin relaxation (μ+SR) study of the spin-ice material Dy2Ti2O7. Polycrystalline samples of this material have been studied in the temperature range 0.02K…”

Computational and experimental studies of exotic magnets and superconductors by Kirschner, F

“…</p> <p>I begin with emergent magnetic monopoles in spin ice. While there have been many bulk studies of monopoles, there is yet to be a microscopic measurement of small ensembles of these emergent quasiparticles. …”

Muon spin spectroscopy and high magnetic field studies of novel superconductors and magnetic materials by Foronda, F

“…Using μSR, density functional theory and crystal field calculations, I identify an experimental situation in the family of candidate quantum spin ices Pr₂<em>B</em>₂O₇ (B = Sn, Zr, and Hf), in which the measured response is dominated by a muon-induced distortion of the local structure. …”

Muon-spin relaxation and density functional techniques in the study of novel magnetic systems by Lang, F

“…I subsequently investigate the conceptually very similar spin ices A₂Ti₂O₇ (A= Dy, Ho) using the same methodology and confirm that in this case the muons act as passive probes.…”