Journal article
Unconventional magnetic ground state in Yb2Ti2O7
Abstract
We report low-temperature specific heat and positive muon spin relaxation/rotation (μSR) measurements on both polycrystalline and single-crystal samples of the pyrochlore magnet Yb2Ti2O7. This material is believed to possess a spin Hamiltonian able to support a quantum spin ice (QSI) ground state. Yb2Ti2O7 displays sample variation in its low-temperature heat capacity and, while our two samples exhibit extremes of this variation, our μSR …
Authors
D’Ortenzio RM; Dabkowska HA; Dunsiger SR; Gaulin BD; Gingras MJP; Goko T; Kycia JB; Liu L; Medina T; Munsie TJ
Journal
Physical Review B, Vol. 88, No. 13,
Publisher
American Physical Society (APS)
Publication Date
October 1, 2013
DOI
10.1103/physrevb.88.134428
ISSN
2469-9950