Thermal Fluctuations of Fine Ferromagnetic Particles

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 1979, Pages 1196-1208

  Brown, William Fuller ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0018516703     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.1979.1060329     Document Type: Article

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