Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>

Among the frustrated magnetic materials, spin-ice stands out as a particularly interesting system. Residual entropy, freezing and glassiness, Kasteleyn transitions and fractionalization of excitations in three dimensions all stem from a simple classical Hamiltonian. But is the usual spin-ice Hamilto...

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Autores principales: Borzi, Rodolfo Alberto, Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra, Rosales, Héctor Diego, Rossini, Gerardo Luis, Steppke, A., Prabhakaran, D., MacKenzie, A. P., Cabra, Daniel Carlos, Grigera, Santiago Andrés
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Publicado: 2016
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86505
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topic Ciencias Exactas
spin-ice
spin-ice Hamiltonian
spellingShingle Ciencias Exactas
spin-ice
spin-ice Hamiltonian
Borzi, Rodolfo Alberto
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Rosales, Héctor Diego
Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Steppke, A.
Prabhakaran, D.
MacKenzie, A. P.
Cabra, Daniel Carlos
Grigera, Santiago Andrés
Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
topic_facet Ciencias Exactas
spin-ice
spin-ice Hamiltonian
description Among the frustrated magnetic materials, spin-ice stands out as a particularly interesting system. Residual entropy, freezing and glassiness, Kasteleyn transitions and fractionalization of excitations in three dimensions all stem from a simple classical Hamiltonian. But is the usual spin-ice Hamiltonian a correct description of the experimental systems? Here we address this issue by measuring magnetic susceptibility in the two most studied spin-ice compounds, Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>, using a vector magnet. Using these results, and guided by a theoretical analysis of possible distortions to the pyrochlore lattice, we construct an effective Hamiltonian and explore it using Monte Carlo simulations. We show how this Hamiltonian reproduces the experimental results, including the formation of a phase of intermediate polarization, and gives important information about the possible ground state of real spin-ice systems. Our work suggests an unusual situation in which distortions might contribute to the preservation rather than relief of the effects of frustration.
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author Borzi, Rodolfo Alberto
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Rosales, Héctor Diego
Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Steppke, A.
Prabhakaran, D.
MacKenzie, A. P.
Cabra, Daniel Carlos
Grigera, Santiago Andrés
author_facet Borzi, Rodolfo Alberto
Gómez Albarracín, Flavia Alejandra
Rosales, Héctor Diego
Rossini, Gerardo Luis
Steppke, A.
Prabhakaran, D.
MacKenzie, A. P.
Cabra, Daniel Carlos
Grigera, Santiago Andrés
author_sort Borzi, Rodolfo Alberto
title Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
title_short Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
title_full Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
title_fullStr Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
title_full_unstemmed Intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> and Ho<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
title_sort intermediate magnetization state and competing orders in dy<sub>2</sub>ti<sub>2</sub>o<sub>7</sub> and ho<sub>2</sub>ti<sub>2</sub>o<sub>7</sub>
publishDate 2016
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/86505
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