Pyrochlores magnets, spin ice and quantum spin ice physics: the neutron scattering perspective
Sylvain PETIT1, Elsa LHOTEL2, Mélanie LEGER1,2 Monica CIOMAGA HATNEAN3, Jacques OLLIVIER4, Andrew R. WILDES4, Stéphane RAYMOND5, Eric RESSOUCHE5, Geetha BALAKRISHNAN3
1Institut Néel, CNRS and Université Grenoble Alpes, 38000 Grenoble, France
2Laboratoire Léon Brillouin, Université Paris-Saclay,...
We will discuss a framework for modeling and understanding the magnetic excitations in localized, intermediate coupling magnets where the interplay between spin-orbit coupling, magnetic exchange, and crystal-field effects create unconventional ground states. A spin-orbit exciton approach for modelling these excitations is developed based upon a Hamiltonian which explicitly incorporates...