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The multiple symmetry sustaining phase transitions of spin ice

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2019-06-24 v1

Abstract

We present the full phase diagram of the dumbbell model of spin ice as a function of temperature, chemical potential and staggered chemical potential which breaks the translational lattice symmetry in favour of charge crystal ordering. We observe a double winged structure with five possible phases, monopole fluid (spin ice), fragmented single monopole crystal phases and double monopole crystal, the zinc blend structure. Our model provides a skeleton for liquid-liquid phase transitions and for the winged structures observed for itinerant magnets under pressure and external field. We relate our results to recent experiments on Ho2_2Ir2_2O7_7 and propose a wide ranging set of new experiments that exploit the phase diagram, including high pressure protocols, dynamical scaling of Kibble-Zurek form and universal violations of the fluctuation-dissipation theorem.

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@article{arxiv.1903.02778,
  title  = {The multiple symmetry sustaining phase transitions of spin ice},
  author = {V. Raban and C. T. Suen and L. Berthier and P. C. W. Holdsworth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.02778},
  year   = {2019}
}

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14 pages, 14 figures