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Ultrasonic investigations of the spin ices Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7 in and out of equilibrium

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Erfanifam, S., Zherlitsyn, S., Yasin, S., Skourski, Y., Wosnitza, J., Zvyagin, A. A., McClarty, P., Moessner, R., Balakrishnan, Geetha and Petrenko, Oleg (2014) Ultrasonic investigations of the spin ices Dy2Ti2O7 and Ho2Ti2O7 in and out of equilibrium. Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), Volume 90 (Number 6). Article number 064409 . doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.90.064409

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Abstract

We report ultrasound studies of spin-lattice and single-ion effects in the spin-ice materials Dy2Ti2O7 (DTO) and Ho2Ti2O7 (HTO) across a broad field range up to 60 T, covering phase transformations, interactions with low-energy magnetic excitations, and single-ion effects. In particular, a sharp dip observed in the sound attenuation in DTO at the gas-liquid transition of the magnetic monopoles is explained based on an approach involving negative relaxation processes. Furthermore, quasiperiodic peaks in the acoustic properties of DTO due to nonequilibrium processes are found to be strongly affected by macroscopic thermal-coupling conditions: the thermal runaway observed in previous studies in DTO can be suppressed altogether by immersing the sample in liquid helium. Crystal-electric-field effects having a higher energy scale lead to a renormalization of the sound velocity and sound attenuation at very high magnetic fields. We analyze our observations using an approach based on an analysis of exchange-striction couplings and single-ion effects.

Item Type: Journal Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Journal or Publication Title: Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics)
Publisher: American Physical Society
ISSN: 1098-0121
Official Date: 8 August 2014
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8 August 2014Published
27 March 2014Submitted
Volume: Volume 90
Number: Number 6
Article Number: Article number 064409
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.064409
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
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