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We use an auxiliary-field Monte Carlo (AFMC) method to calculate thermodynamic properties (spin susceptibility and heat capacity) of ultra-small metallic grains in the presence of pairing correlations. This method allows us to study the…
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In this comment, by using Monte Carlo simulation, we show that the perpendicular shift of hysteresis loops reported in the commented work is nothing special but simply due to the fact that the range of field does not surpass the reversible…
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