Bramwell Steven T, Harris Mark J
London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, London WC1H 0AH, United Kingdom.
School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh, EH1 2LX, United Kingdom.
J Phys Condens Matter. 2020 Jun 18;32(37). doi: 10.1088/1361-648X/ab8423.
This review is a study of how the idea of spin ice has evolved over the years, with a focus on the scientific questions that have come to define the subject. Since our initial discovery of spin ice in 1997, there have been well over five thousand papers that discuss it, and in the face of such detail, it must be difficult for the curious observer to 'see the wood for the trees'. To help in this task, we go in search of the biggest insight to have emerged from the study of spin ice. On the way, we identify highlights and outstanding puzzles, and celebrate the inspirational role that Roger Cowley played in the early years.
本综述研究了自旋冰的概念多年来是如何演变的，重点关注那些已成为该领域核心的科学问题。自1997年我们首次发现自旋冰以来，已有超过五千篇论文对其进行了讨论。面对如此繁多的细节，好奇的观察者难免会“只见树木，不见森林”。为了助力这项工作，我们探寻了自旋冰研究中出现的最重大的见解。在此过程中，我们找出了重点和突出的谜题，并赞颂了罗杰·考利在早期所发挥的启发性作用。
