Canada's national laboratory for particle and nuclear physics
Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire et en physique des particules

Title of Experiment

Exploring the frustrated magnetism of the new pyrochlore NaCaNi₂F₇

Spokesperson(s) for Group

• B. Frandsen
• G.M. Luke
• Y.J. Uemura

Safety Coordinator(s) for Group

• B. Frandsen
• G.M. Luke
• Y.J. Uemura
• S.C. Cheung
• L. Liu

Current Members of Group

Name	Institution	Status	% of research time devoted to experiment
B. Frandsen	Columbia University	Student (PhD)
G.M. Luke	McMaster University	Professor
Y.J. Uemura	Columbia University	Professor
Y. Cai	McMaster University	Student (PhD)
S.C. Cheung	Columbia University	Student (PhD)
A.M. Hallas	McMaster University	Student (PhD)
L. Liu	Columbia University	Student (PhD)
T. Munsie	McMaster University	Student (PhD)
M.N. Wilson	McMaster University	Student (PhD)

Abstract

The rich variety of novel phenomena emerging from geometrically frustrated magnetism continues to fascinate and surprise physicists. We propose to study a brand new class of frustrated magnets based on fluoride chemistry, complementing previous research that has focused on frustrated materials with oxide chemistry. We anticipate these new materials will shed additional light on the topic of frustrated magnetism.