Anomalous Hall Effect from Frustration-Tuned Scalar Chirality Distribution in Pr2Ir2O7

作者:Udagawa M*; Moessner R
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2013, 111(3): 036602.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.036602

摘要

We study the anomalous Hall effect due to noncoplanar magnetism on a pyrochlore structure. We focus on the frustration-induced spatial inhomogeneity of different magnetic low-temperature regimes, between which one can efficiently tune using an external magnetic field. We incorporate nonmagnetic scattering on a phenomenological level so that we can distinguish between the effects of short-range correlations and short-range coherence. We obtain a Hall conductivity (sigma(H)) as a function of field strength and direction which compares well to the experimental data of Pr2Ir2O7. In particular, we show that the observed peak in sigma(H) for H parallel to [111] signals the crossover from zero-field spin ice to kagome ice.

  • 出版日期2013-7-17