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Order induced by dilution in pyrochlore XY antiferromagnets

Order induced by dilution in pyrochlore XY antiferromagnets

XY pyrochlore antiferromagnets are well-known to exhibit order-by-disorder through both quantum and thermal selection. In this paper we consider the effect of substituting non-magnetic ions onto the magnetic sites in a pyrochlore XY model with generally anisotropic exchange tuned by a single parameter $J^{\pm\pm}/J^\pm$. The physics is controlled by two …