Micromagnetic modelling - The current state of the art

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 15, 2000, Pages

  Fidler, Josef ^a   Schrefl, Thomas ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 0001486796     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/33/15/201     Document Type: Review

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