Nucleation Theory of Magnetization Switching in Nanoscale Ferromagnets
Materials Science
2008-02-03 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
A nucleation picture of magnetization switching in single-domain ferromagnetic nanoparticles with high local anisotropy is discussed. Relevant aspects of nucleation theory are presented, stressing the effects of the particle size on the switching dynamics. The theory is illustrated by Monte Carlo simulations and compared with experiments on single particles.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9705189,
title = {Nucleation Theory of Magnetization Switching in Nanoscale Ferromagnets},
author = {P. A. Rikvold and M. A. Novotny and M. Kolesik and H. L. Richards},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9705189},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
10 pages, LaTex, uses crckapb.sty mpeg simulations available at http://www.scri.fsu.edu/~rikvold