Journal article
Quantum Excitations in Quantum Spin Ice
Abstract
Recent work has highlighted remarkable effects of classical thermal fluctuations in the dipolar spin ice compounds, such as “artificial magnetostatics,” manifesting as Coulombic power-law spin correlations and particles behaving as diffusive “magnetic monopoles.” In this paper, we address quantum spin ice, giving a unifying framework for the study of magnetism of a large class of magnetic compounds with the pyrochlore structure, and, in …
Authors
Ross KA; Savary L; Gaulin BD; Balents L
Journal
Physical Review X, Vol. 1, No. 2,
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Publication Date
January 1, 2011
DOI
10.1103/physrevx.1.021002
ISSN
2160-3308