New publication on artificial spin ice phase transitions!

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We experimentally examine the ground state transition from antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic order in a artificial spin ice triggered by rotation of nanomagnets.
The as-grown magnetic configurations well agree with Monte Carlo simulations and ascribe a unique effective temperature independent of the rotation angle. Deviations from the theoretical ground state and behavior at transition are therefore well explained.

Maryam Massouras, Daniel Lacour, Michel Hehn, and François Montaigne
Phys. Rev. B 101, 174421 – Published 14 May 2020

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.101.174421