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LOCATION:5310 Chamberlin
SUMMARY:Specific heat and magnetization studies of Dy2Ti2O7\, R. G. Herb Condensed Matter Seminar\, Jan Kyc
ia\, University of Waterloo
DESCRIPTION:Dy2Ti2O7 is a material wi
th a pyrochlore lattice of corner-sharing tetrahedral. Crystal-field e
ffects constrain the magnetic moments of the rare-earth ions to point
along the axis connecting the centres of the two neighbouring tetrahed
ra. As a result\, the magnetic moments are highly frustrated and posse
ss a ground state containing a large residual entropy similar to water
ice. Because of this similarity to water ice\, the system is called a
spin ice. Recently a very interesting perspective has been developed
in which the thermal excitations in the magnetic spins are viewed as m
agnetic monopoles. In this talk\, I will review some of the progress i
n understanding spin ice and the monopole picture. I will discuss my g
roup's results of specific heat\, ac susceptibility and magnetization
measurements.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=2975
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