We review the present state of theory and experiments on the quantum tunneling of magnetization in mesoscopic spin systems. Most attention is paid to the relaxation of magnetization in the molecular complexes Mn12 and Fe8. The role of the thermostat (phonons, nuclear spins, dipolar fields) is studied.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0002180,
title = {Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization in Molecular Complexes with Large Spins. Effect of the Environment},
author = {Igor Tupitsyn and Bernard Barbara},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0002180},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
75 pages (Postscript) and 35 figures (GIF format). To be published in "Magnetoscience - From Molecules to Materials", Miller, Drillon (Eds.) WILEY VCH Verlag GmbH, 2000