Possible observation of highly itinerant quantum magnetic monopoles in the frustrated pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7

Y. Tokiwa; T. Yamashita; M. Udagawa; S. Kittaka; T Sakakibara; D. Terazawa; Y. Shimoyama; T. Terashima; Y. Yasui; T. Shibauchi; Y. Matsuda

doi:10.1038/ncomms10807

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Possible observation of highly itinerant quantum magnetic monopoles in the frustrated pyrochlore Yb2Ti2O7

Y. Tokiwa,
T. Yamashita,
M. Udagawa,
S. Kittaka,
T Sakakibara,
D. Terazawa,
Y. Shimoyama,
T. Terashima,
Y. Yasui,
T. Shibauchi,
Y. Matsuda

Affiliations

Y. Tokiwa: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
T. Yamashita: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
M. Udagawa: Department of Physics, Gakushuin University, Mejiro
S. Kittaka: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
T Sakakibara: Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo
D. Terazawa: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
Y. Shimoyama: Department of Physics, Kyoto University
T. Terashima: Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Science, Kyoto University
Y. Yasui: Department of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Meiji University, Higashi-mita
T. Shibauchi: Department of Advanced Materials Science, University of Tokyo
Y. Matsuda: Department of Physics, Kyoto University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10807
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Spin excitations above the ground state of spin ices, geometrically frustrated pyrochlore magnets, are equivalent to pairs of oppositely charged deconfined magnetic monopoles which may propagate through the system. Here, the authors evidence highly itinerant quantum magnetic monopole excitations in Yb2Ti2O7.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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