Nonmonotonic zero-point entropy in diluted spin ice

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Ke, X ^a   Freitas, R S ^a,d   Ueland, B G ^a,e   Lau, G C ^b   Dahlberg, M L ^a   Cava, R J ^b   Moessner, R ^c   Schiffer, P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENTROPY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

DILUTED SPIN ICE; MAGNETIC IONS; NONMONOTONIC ZERO-POINT; PAULING'S THEORY;

ICE;

EID: 34748926926     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.137203     Document Type: Article

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