# Interplay of dilution and magnetic field in the nearest-neighbor spin-ice model on the pyrochlore lattice

## TL;DR

This study investigates how dilution and magnetic fields influence the magnetization process in spin-ice materials on the pyrochlore lattice, revealing five distinct magnetization plateaus due to dilution effects.

## Contribution

It introduces a detailed Monte Carlo simulation analysis showing the emergence of five magnetization plateaus in diluted spin-ice models under magnetic fields, expanding understanding of disorder effects.

## Key findings

- Five magnetization plateaus observed in diluted spin-ice model
- Contrast with two plateaus in pure model
- Plateaus linked to specific spin configurations

## Abstract

We study the magnetic field effects on the diluted spin-ice materials using the replica-exchange Monte Carlo simulation. We observe five plateaus in the magnetization curve of the diluted nearest-neighbor spin-ice model on the pyrochlore lattice when a magnetic field is applied in the [111] direction. This is in contrast to the case of the pure model with two plateaus. The origin of five plateaus is investigated from the spin configuration of two corner-sharing tetrahedra in the case of the diluted model.