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JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER
卷 15, 期 2, 页码 L9-L15出版社
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/15/2/102
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The magnetic dynamics of the spin ice material Ho2Ti2O7 in its paramagnetic (`hot') phase have been investigated by a combination of neutron spin echo and ac-susceptibility techniques. Relaxation at high temperatures (T > 15 K) is proved to occur by a thermally activated single-ion process that is distinct from the process that dominates at lower-temperatures (1 K < T < 15 K). It is argued that the low-temperature process must involve quantum mechanical spin tunnelling, as quasi-classical channels of relaxation are exhausted in this temperature range. Our results resolve a mystery in the physics of spin ice: why has a 15 K ac-susceptibility peak been observed in Dy2Ti2O7 but not in Ho2Ti2O7 or Ho2Sn2O7?
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