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Magnetic Foehn Effect in Nonadiabatic Transition

Materials Science 2009-10-31 v1 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

The magnetization curves as a response of sweeping magnetic field in the thermal environment are investigated using the quantum master equation. In a slow velocity region where the system almost behaves adiabatically, the magnetic plateau appears which has been observed in the recent experiment of V15_{15} [ Phys. Rev. Lett. (2000)]. We investigate its mechanism and propose that this phenomenon is quite universal in the quasi-adiabatic transition with small inflow of the heat, and we call it 'Magnetic Foehn Effect'. We observe the crossover between this mechanism and the Landau-Zener-St\"{u}ckelberg mechanism changing the velocity. Some experiment is proposed to clarify the inherent mechanism of this effect.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0004027,
  title  = {Magnetic Foehn Effect in Nonadiabatic Transition},
  author = {Keiji Saito and Seiji Miyashita},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0004027},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages including 4 figures