Thermal Conductivity and Specific Heat of the Spin-Ice Compound   Dy$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$: Experimental Evidence for Monopole Heat Transport
  Elementary excitations in the spin-ice compound Dy$_2$Ti$_2$O$_7$ can be described as magnetic monopoles propagating independently within the pyrochlore lattice formed by magnetic Dy ions. We studied the magnetic-field dependence of the thermal conductivity {\kappa}(B) for B || [001] and observe clear evidence for magnetic heat transport originating from the monopole excitations. The magnetic contribution {\kappa}_{mag} is strongly field-dependent and correlates with the magnetization M(B). The diffusion coefficient obtained from the ratio of {\kappa}_{mag} and the magnetic specific heat is strongly enhanced below 1 K indicating a high mobility of the monopole excitations in the spin-ice state. 
G. Kolland, O. Breunig, M. Valldor, M. Hiertz, J. Frielingsdorf, T.   Lorenz
cond-mat.str-el