Quantum-Classical Reentrant Relaxation Crossover in Dy2Ti 2O7 Spin Ice

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1072011-1072014

  Snyder, J ^a   Ueland, B G ^a   Slusky, J S ^b   Karunadasa, H ^b   Cava, R J ^b   Mizel, Ari ^a   Schiffer, P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); DYSPROSIUM COMPOUNDS; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY;

THERMAL RELAXATION;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 0142025409     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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