Topological Phase Transitions and Their Thermodynamic Fate in Arbitrary- S Classical Pyrochlore Spin Ice

arXiv:2604.04346 · cond-mat.str-el, cond-mat.stat-mech · Submitted 2026-04-06 · Read on arXiv

cond-mat.str-el, cond-mat.stat-mech

Submitted: 2026-04-06

Updated: 2026-10-17

Terminology

• First-Order Transition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Fixed Point — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Phase Transitions — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Topological Phase Transition — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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