Dirac strings and magnetic monopoles in the spin ice Dy2Ti 2O7

Science

Volumn 326, Issue 5951, 2009, Pages 411-414

  Morris, D J P ^a   Tennant, D A ^a,b   Grigera, S A ^c,d   Klemke, B ^a,b   Castelnovo, C ^e   Moessner, R ^f   Czternasty, C ^a   Meissner, M ^a   Rule, K C ^a   Hoffmann, J U ^a   Kiefer, K ^a   Gerischer, S ^a   Slobinsky, D ^c   Perry, R S ^g  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^g UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSPROSIUM; DYSPROSIUM TITANATE; TITANIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COULOMB CRITERION; HEAT CAPACITY; ICE MECHANICS; LATTICE DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC FIELD; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OXYGEN; PYROCHLORE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70350079385     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1178868     Document Type: Article

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21. We thank S. L. Sondhi for help and encouragement, J. T. Chalker for insights into the expected behavior in field of the correlation functions, K. Siemensmeyer for help with sample cutting and preparation, and J. Heinrich for help with the COMSOL Multiphysics computer package used for the demagnetization calculations. Supported by the Royal Society (S.A.G.) and by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UK) grant GR/R83712/01 (C.Ca.).