${\rm LiHo_xY_{1-x}F_4}$ in the highly-diluted limit

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Abstract

The rare-earth material ${\rm LiHo_xY_{1-x}F_4}$ has attracted much attention recently, not only because it is well described by a long-range dipolar Ising model, but also because it has a rich phase diagram in the temperature--concentration plane that makes it especially interesting to explore exotic magnetic phenomena. The existence of a spin-glass phase in this material has been a long-standing controversy. In particular, it is unclear if the spin-glass phase extends to the low-concentration limit, or if an exotic anti-glass state emerges. Using large-scale Monte Carlo simulations we probe this difficult regime of the phase diagram.

Authors

  • Juan Carlos Andresen

    ETH Zurich

  • Moshe Schechter

    Department of Physics, Ben Gurion University

  • Vadim Oganesyan

    Department of Engineering Science and Physics, College of Staten Island

  • Helmut G. Katzgraber

    Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas A\&M University, Texas A\&M University, Department of Physics, Texas A\&M University \& ETH Zurich