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Infinite geometric frustration in a cubic dipole cluster

Schoenke, Johannes
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Schneider, Tobias M.  
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Rehberg, Ingo
2015
Physical Review B

The geometric arrangement of interacting (magnetic) dipoles is a question of fundamental importance in physics, chemistry, and engineering. Motivated by recent progress concerning the self-assembly of magnetic structures, the equilibrium orientation of eight interacting dipoles in a cubic cluster is investigated in detail. Instead of discrete equilibria we find a type of ground state consisting of infinitely many orientations. This continuum of energetically degenerate states represents a yet unknown form of magnetic frustration. The corresponding dipole rotations in the flat potential valley of this Goldstone mode enable the construction of frictionless magnetic couplings. Using computer-assisted algebraic geometry methods, we moreover completely enumerate all equilibrium configurations. The seemingly simple cubic system allows for exactly 9536 unstable discrete equilibria falling into 183 distinct energy families.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.91.020410
Web of Science ID

WOS:000348677100002

Author(s)
Schoenke, Johannes
Schneider, Tobias M.  
Rehberg, Ingo
Date Issued

2015

Publisher

American Physical Society

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

91

Issue

2

Article Number

020410

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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May 29, 2015
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