Spin dynamics in the frozen state of the dipolar spin ice material Dy2Ti2O7

Low-temperature magnetic ac susceptibility measurements of single-crystal dipolar spin ice Dy2Ti2O7 are presented. The relaxation is found to exhibit thermally activated Arrhenius behavior with an activation energy of 9.79 K (∼9Jeff), which is not consistent with a simple scaling of 6Jeff, as previously found for Ho2Ti2O7. There are distinct quantifiable differences between Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7 absorption spectra. The measured dynamics does not agree with simulations based on current magnetic monopole theory nor thermal relaxation measurements, but instead freezes out at a faster rate.