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Escape-Rate Crossover between Quantum and Classical Regimes in Molecular Magnets: A Diagonalization Approach

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

We have studied numerically the quantum-classical crossover in the escape-rate for an uniaxial spin system with an arbitrarily directed field. Using the simple quantum transition-state theory, we have obtained the boundary separating the first- and the second-order crossover and the escape-rate in the presence of the transverse and longitudinal field. The results apply to the molecular nanomagnet, Mn12{\rm Mn_{12}}.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0005530,
  title  = {Escape-Rate Crossover between Quantum and Classical Regimes in Molecular Magnets: A Diagonalization Approach},
  author = {Gwang-Hee Kim and E. M. Chudnovsky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0005530},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages, 5 figures