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Experimental Studies of Pyrochlore Antiferromagnets

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Antiferromagnetically-coupled spins on the apex of corner sharing tetrahedra have generated significant interest over the last 20 years. Here we will discuss the experimental studies, mostly neutron scattering, of the gadolinium and terbium based pyrochlore magnets, for the purpose of illustrating the diverse nature of ground states which can occur.

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This work was supported at McMaster University by NSERC of Canada and by the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. All of our work in frustrated magnetism has been performed in collaboration with a large number of talented scientists and it is a pleasure to acknowledge their contributions. These include C.P. Adams, A.J. Berlinsky, S.T. Bramwell, C.L. Broholm, W.J.L. Buyers, J.P.Castellan, J.P. Clancy, M.F. Collins, J.R.D. Copley, H.A. Dabkowska, P. Deen, S.R. Dunsiger, G. Ehlers, T. Fennell, M.J.P. Gingras, J.E. Greedan, H. Kawamura, R.F. Keifl, S.-H. Lee, M.J. Lewis, G.M. Luke, T.E. Mason, M. Mao, I.Mirebeau, R. Moessner, Y. Qiu, N.Raju, M. Ramazanoglu, J.N. Reimers, K.A. Ross, J.P.C. Ruff, K.C. Rule, J.R. Stewart and J. van Duijn.

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Gaulin, B.D., Gardner, J.S. (2011). Experimental Studies of Pyrochlore Antiferromagnets. In: Lacroix, C., Mendels, P., Mila, F. (eds) Introduction to Frustrated Magnetism. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences, vol 164. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10589-0_8

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