Neutron studies of gauge field and charge in Ih heavy-water ice

D. J. P. Morris, K. Siemensmeyer, J.-U. Hoffmann, B. Klemke, I. Glavatskyi, K. Seiffert, D. A. Tennant, S. V. Isakov, S. L. Sondhi, and R. Moessner
Phys. Rev. B 99, 174111 – Published 20 May 2019

Abstract

The distinctive character of water ice results from the partially disordered combination of covalent and hydrogen bonds in the network of hydrogen and oxygen atoms. The nontrivial hydrogen correlations we report in diffuse neutron scattering are analytically fit via a description of this state as a topological system exhibiting an emergent gauge field. This allows for the density of correlation-terminating point defects to be determined as one defect per 500 oxygen sites at 30 K. Application of an analytical model of ice paves the way towards a detailed understanding of this ubiquitous solid.

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  • Received 24 January 2019
  • Revised 19 March 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.174111

©2019 American Physical Society

Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)

  1. Physical Systems
Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

D. J. P. Morris1,*, K. Siemensmeyer2, J.-U. Hoffmann2, B. Klemke2, I. Glavatskyi3, K. Seiffert4, D. A. Tennant5, S. V. Isakov6, S. L. Sondhi7, and R. Moessner8

  • 1Department of Physics, Xavier University, 3800 Victory Parkway, Cincinnati, Ohio 45207, USA
  • 2Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Hahn-Meitner Platz 1, Berlin, Germany
  • 3Scienion AG, Volmerstrasse 7b, 12489 Berlin, Germany
  • 4Institut für Werkzeugmaschinen, Technische Universität Berlin, Pascalstrasse 8-9, 10587 Berlin, Germany
  • 5Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, MS-6477, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
  • 6Google Inc., Brandschenkestrasse 110, 8002 Zurich, Switzerland
  • 7Department of Physics, Princeton University, Washington Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08544, USA
  • 8Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nothnitzer Strasse 38, 01187 Dresden, Germany

  • *morrisd3@xavier.edu

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Vol. 99, Iss. 17 — 1 May 2019

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