Absence of Pauling's residual entropy in thermally equilibrated Dy 2 Ti 2 O 7

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 353-356

  Pomaranski, D ^a   Yaraskavitch, L R ^a   Meng, S ^a   Ross, K A ^b,c   Noad, H M L ^b,c   Dabkowska, H A ^b,c   Gaulin, B D ^b,c,d   Kycia, J B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; ENTROPY; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; SPECIFIC HEAT; TEMPERATURE;

GEOMETRICAL FRUSTRATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; RESIDUAL ENTROPY; SPIN ICE; WATER ICE;

ICE;

EID: 84878530014     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2591     Document Type: Article

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