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The disordered random-anisotropy magnetic nanoparticle systems with competing dipolar interactions and ferromagnetic exchange couplings are investigated by Monte Carlo simulations. Superspin glass (SSG) and superferromagnetic (SFM)…
We investigate the details of pattern formation and transitions between different modulated phases in ultra-thin Fe films on Cu(001). At high temperature, the transitions between the uniform saturated state, the bubble state and the striped…
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Ultrathin magnetic films can be modeled as an anisotropic Heisenberg model with long range dipolar interactions. It is believed that the phase diagram presents three phases: A ordered ferromagnetic phase (I), a phase characterized by a…
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