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We analytically model the magnetization switching time of a biaxial ferromagnet driven by an antidamping-like spin torque. The macrospin magnetization dynamics is mapped to an energy-flow equation, wherein a rational-function approximation…
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Using the Bethe-Salpeter equation including high electric fields, the dependence of the critical temperature of onsetting superconductivity on the applied field is calculated analytically. The critical temperature of pairing is shown to…
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The macroscopic magnetic moment of a superparamagnetic system has to overcome an energy barrier in order to switch its direction. This barrier is formed by magnetic anisotropies in the material and may be surmounted typically after 10^9 to…