An intermediate state between the kagome-ice and the fully polarized state in Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub>

Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> is at present the cleanest example of a spin-ice material. Previous theoretical and experimental work on the first-order transition between the kagome-ice and the fully polarized state has been taken as a validation for th...

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Autores principales: Grigera, Santiago Andrés, Borzi, Rodolfo Alberto, Slobinsky, D. G., Gibbs, A. S., Higashinaka, R., Maeno, Y., Grigera, Tomás Sebastián
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
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Ice
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/85872
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Sumario:Dy<sub>2</sub>Ti<sub>2</sub>O<sub>7</sub> is at present the cleanest example of a spin-ice material. Previous theoretical and experimental work on the first-order transition between the kagome-ice and the fully polarized state has been taken as a validation for the dipolar spin-ice model. Here we investigate in further depth this phase transition using ac-susceptibility and dc-magnetization, and compare this results with Monte-Carlo simulations and previous magnetization and specific heat measurements. We find signatures of an intermediate state between the kagome-ice and full polarization. This signatures are absent in current theoretical models used to describe spin-ice materials.