Magnetic monopoles in spin ice

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7174, 2008, Pages 42-45

  Castelnovo, C ^a   Moessner, R ^a,b   Sondhi, S L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ICE; MAGNETIC FIELD; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ARTICLE; DIPOLE; ELECTRON; ENTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 38049073878     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06433     Document Type: Article

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