Measurement of the charge and current of magnetic monopoles in spin ice

Nature

Volumn 461, Issue 7266, 2009, Pages 956-959

  Bramwell, S T ^a   Giblin, S R ^b   Calder, S ^a   Aldus, R ^a   Prabhakaran, D ^c   Fennell, T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROLYTE;

CURRENT; ELECTROLYTE; ELECTRON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAPPING METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC AND ELECTROMAGNETIC EQUIPMENT; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA;

EID: 70350064313     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08500     Document Type: Article

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