Related papers: Tuning Magnetic Avalanches in Mn12-ac
Beginning with a Heisenberg spin Hamiltonian for the manganese ions in the Mn_12 Ac molecule, we find a number of low-energy states of the system. We use these states to solve the time-dependent Schrodinger equation and find the…
In magnetic fields applied parallel to the anisotropy axis, the relaxation of the magnetization of Mn$_{12}$ measured for different sweep rates is shown to collapse onto a single scaled curve. The form of the scaling implies that the…
We have studied the crossover between thermally assisted and pure quantum tunneling in single crystals of high spin (S=10) uniaxial single molecule magnet Mn12-acetate using micro-Hall effect magnetometry. Magnetic hysteresis experiments…
We investigate the experimental detection of the electromagnetic radiation generated in the fast magnetization reversal in Mn12-acetate at low temperatures. In our experiments we used large single crystals and assemblies of several small…
We report Hall sensor measurements of the magnetic relaxation of Mn$_{12}$-acetate as a function of magnetic field applied along the easy axis of magnetization for a series of closely-spaced temperatures between 0.24 K and 1.9 K. We map out…
We report Hall sensor measurements of the magnetic relaxation of Mn$_{12}$ acetate as a function of magnetic field applied along the easy axis of magnetization. Data taken at a series of closely-spaced temperatures between 0.24 K and 1.4 K…
Precise magnetic hysteresis measurements of small single crystals of Mn$_{12}$ acetate of spin 10 have been conducted down to 0.4 K using a high sensitivity Hall magnetometer. At higher temperature (>1.6K) step-like changes in magnetization…
Anisotropy effects for spin avalanches in crystals of nanomagnets are studied theoretically with the external magnetic field applied at an arbitrary angle to the easy axis. Starting with the Hamiltonian for a single nanomagnet in the…
The spin relaxation in the molecular magnet \Mn12 is investigated by a novel type of high-frequency magnetic spectroscopy. By reversing the external magnetic field the intensities of the $|\pm 10>\to |\pm 9>$ transitions within the ground…
We show that dislocations should be the main source of spin tunneling in Mn-12 crystals. Long-range strains caused by dislocations produce broad distribution of relaxation times that has been seen in many experiments. When the external…
In response to recent nuclear-magnetic-resonance (NMR) measurements on the molecular cluster Mn_{12}O_{12} acetate, we study the nuclear spin-lattice relaxation rate 1/T_1 developing a modified spin-wave theory. Our microscopic new…
Time-resolved inelastic neutron scattering measurements on an array of single-crystals of the single-molecule magnet Mn12ac are presented. The data facilitate a spectroscopic investigation of the slow relaxation of the magnetization in this…
The longitudinal magnetic susceptibility of single crystals of the molecular magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate obeys a Curie-Weiss law, indicating a transition to a ferromagnetic phase due to dipolar interactions. With increasing magnetic field…
We have obtained new inelastic neutron scattering (INS) data for the molecular magnet Mn12-acetate which exhibit at least six magnetic peaks in the energy range 5-35 meV. These are compared with a microscopic Heisenberg model for the 12…
We report measurements of the magnetic susceptibility of single crystals of Mn$_{12}$-acetate-MeOH, a new high-symmetry variant of the original single molecule magnet Mn$_{12}$-acetate. A comparison of these data to theory and to data for…
We obtain a fundamental instability of the magnetization-switching fronts in super-paramagnetic and ferromagnetic materials such as crystals of nanomagnets, ferromagnetic nanowires, and systems of quantum dots with large spin. We develop…
The Mn cluster complexes Mn12(RCOO)16(H2O)4O12 with R=CH3 and 2ClPh (hereafter referred to as Mn12 acetate and Mn12 2-Cl benzoate, respectively) exhibit macroscopic magnetic quantum tunneling. Dynamical magnetic measurements indicate for…
Experimentally detected ultrafast spin-avalanches spreading in crystals of molecular (nano)magnets (Decelle et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 027203 (2009)), have been recently explained in terms of magnetic detonation (Modestov et al., Phys.…
Combination of the thermal effet in magnetic deflagration with resonance spin tunneling controlled by the dipole-dipole interaction in molecular magnets leads to the increase of the deflagration speed in the dipolar window near tunneling…
We performed high resolution diffraction and inelastic neutron scattering measurements of Mn_{12}-acetate. Using a very high energy resolution, we could separate the energy levels corresponding to the splitting of the lowest S multiplet.…