Speaker
Prof.
Patrik Henelius
(Theoretical Physics, KTH)
Description
The spin-ice family of materials is one of the foremost realizations of a frustrated magnetic system displaying a macroscopic ground state degeneracy down to sub-Kelvin temperatures. Neutron scattering is a sensitive probe of the magnetic correlations in these materials, and one of the primary methods used to constrain the free parameters of the Hamiltonian. We will give specific examples of the uses of neutron scattering techniques applied to frustrated magnets. In particular we discuss recent efforts to elucidate the possibility of an ordered ground state in the spin-ice material Dy2Ti2O7.
Primary author
Prof.
Patrik Henelius
(Theoretical Physics, KTH)
Co-author
Mr
Mikael Twengström
(Theoretical Physics, KTH)
