Resonant x-ray diffraction and the observation of strange quantities
Loading...
Date
2012-02-02
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Australian Institute of Physics
Abstract
Condensed matter physics has a growing reputation for providing an opportunity to observe
exotic particles and states of matter that have an analogue in other areas of physics. Examples
of this include the observation of Dirac strings and magnetic monopoles in spin-ice materials
[1], spinon / holon separation in gated nanowires [2], and toroidal moments (anapoles) in the
ubiquitous cuprates [3]. Resonant X-ray Diffraction (RXD) is well suited to the observation of
a variety of quantities that behave differently under time reversal, coordinate inversion, and
rotation [4]. It is possible to distinguish between competing orders and we have determined
the orbital order in RB2C2, including higer order terms (as illustrated on the cover page) [5,6]
Description
Keywords
X-ray diffraction, Matter, Physics, Magnetic monopoles, Spin, Nanowires, Orbits
Citation
Princep, A. J., Mulders, A. M., Schierle, E., Weschke, E., Hester, J., Hutchison, W. D., Tanaka, Y., Terada, N., Narumi, Y., Staub, E., Scagnoli, V., Nakamura, T., Kikkawa, A., Lovesey, S. W., & Balcar, E. (2012). Resonant x-ray diffraction and the observation of strange quantities. Poster presented to the 36th Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting, Wagga 2012, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, NSW 31st January – 3rd February, 2012. Retrieved from: https://physics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/cmm/2012/