压力下的自旋冰:对称性增强和无限阶多临界性
Spin ice under pressure: symmetry enhancement and infinite order multicriticality
摘要:
我们研究了自旋冰在单轴压力作用下产生四角畸变时的低温行为。在库仑液体和完全磁化相之间存在相变。不寻常的是,它结合了不连续和连续过渡的特点:序参量表现出跳跃,但这是伴随着一个发散的磁化率和消失的畴壁张力。所有这些方面都可以理解为在临界点处涌现的SU(2)对称性的结果。我们绘制出一个可能的实验实现。
英文摘要:
We study the low-temperature behaviour of spin ice when uniaxial pressure induces a tetragonal distortion. There is a phase transition between a Coulomb liquid and a fully magnetised phase. Unusually, it combines features of discontinuous and continuous transitions: the order parameter exhibits a jump, but this is accompanied by a divergent susceptibility and vanishing domain wall tension. All these aspects can be understood as a consequence of an emergent SU(2) symmetry at the critical point. We map out a possible experimental realisation.
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