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Semiclassical quantization and resonance in spin tunnelling

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We derive a semiclassical quantization for a spin, study it for not too small a spin quantum number (S>5), and compute the 2S+1 eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian exhibiting resonant tunnelling as the magnetic field parallel to the anisotropy axis is increased. Special attention is paid to the resonance condition. As a corollary we prove that semiclassical quantization and quantum-mechanical perturbation theory agree there where they should.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0101388,
  title  = {Semiclassical quantization and resonance in spin tunnelling},
  author = {J. L. van Hemmen and A. Suto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0101388},
  year   = {2007}
}

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15 pages, 2 eps figures