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Evidence for Adiabatic Magnetization of cold Dy_N Clusters

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Magnetic properties of Dy_N clusters in a molecular beam generated with a liquid helium cooled nozzle are investigated by Stern-Gerlach experiments. The cluster magnetizations \mu_z are measured as a function of magnetic field (B = 0 - 1.6T) and cluster size (16 < N < 56). The most important observation is the saturation of the magnetization \mu_z(B) at large field strengths. The magnetization approaches saturation following the power law |\mu_z-\mu_0| proportional to 1/\sqrt{B}, where \mu_0 denotes the magnetic moment. This gives evidence for adiabatic magnetization.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0101075,
  title  = {Evidence for Adiabatic Magnetization of cold Dy_N Clusters},
  author = {S. Pokrant},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0101075},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures