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Many-Spin Interactions and Spin Excitations in Mn12

Materials Science 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

In this work, the many-spin interactions taking place in Mn12 large-spin clusters are extensively studied using the 8-spin model Hamiltonian, for which we determine the possible parameters based on experimental data. Account of the many-spin excitations satisfactorily explains positions of the neutron scattering peaks, results of EPR measurements and the temperature dependence of magnetic susceptibility. In particular, strong Dzyaloshinsky-Morya interactions are found to be important for description of neutron scattering data. The role of these interactions for the relaxation of the magnetization is qualitatively discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9807176,
  title  = {Many-Spin Interactions and Spin Excitations in Mn12},
  author = {M. I. Katsnelson and V. V. Dobrovitski and B. N. Harmon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9807176},
  year   = {2009}
}

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