Kagom\'e ice state in the dipolar spin ice Dy2Ti2O7
Abstract
We have investigated the kagom\'e ice behavior of the dipolar spin-ice compound Dy2Ti2O7 in magnetic field along a [111] direction using neutron scattering and Monte Carlo simulations. The spin correlations show that the kagom\'e ice behavior predicted for the nearest-neighbor (NN) interacting model, where the field induces dimensional reduction and spins are frustrated in each two-dimensional kagom\'e lattice, occurs in the dipole interacting system. The spins freeze at low temperatures within the macroscopically degenerate ground states of the NN model.
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