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Numerical Evidence of Quantum Melting of Spin Ice: Quantum-to-Classical Crossover
2015
Physical Review Letters
Unbiased quantum Monte-Carlo simulations are performed on the nearest-neighbor spin-1/2 pyrochlore XXZ model with an antiferromagnetic longitudinal and a weak ferromagnetic transverse exchange couplings, J and J_. The specific heat exhibits a broad peak at T_CSI∼0.2J associated with a crossover to a classical Coulomb liquid regime showing a suppressed spin-ice monopole density, a broadened pinch-point singularity, and the Pauling entropy for |J_|≪ J, as in classical spin ice. On further
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.115.077202
pmid:26317744
fatcat:27vwx6djfzei7dzmcyxrlkwzum