Hysteresis and Relaxation Effects in the Spin-Ice Compound Dy2Ti2O7 studied by Heat Transport
Abstract
The low-temperature thermal conductivity of the spin-ice compound Dy2Ti2O7 shows pronounced hysteresis as a function of magnetic field. Here, we investigate how these hysteresis effects depend on temperature, the magnetic-field direction, the rate of magnetic-field change, and on the direction of the heat current. In addition, the time-dependent relaxation of the heat conductivity is investigated. These measurements yield information about possible equilibrium states and reveal that in the low-field and low-temperature region extremely slow relaxation processes occur.
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