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Elementary excitations in spin ice take the form of magnetic monopoles

Authors :
Mark Wilson
Source :
Physics Today. 61:16-19
Publication Year :
2008
Publisher :
AIP Publishing, 2008.

Abstract

A magnet has two poles—north and south. But in a frustrated magnetic state known as spin ice, the familiar magnetic dipole can split into two magnetic charges that independently diffuse around the crystal.

Details

ISSN :
19450699 and 00319228
Volume :
61
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Physics Today
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........ec34d587bb3ded28bf11f517e0d7efa4
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2897936