Theory for the temperature driven continuous and discontinuous reorientation of the thin film magnetization

Solid State Communications

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 577-581

  Jensen, P J ^a   Bennemann, K H ^b  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. magnetic films and multilayers; B. thermodynamic properties

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MULTILAYERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES;

HEISENBERG HAMILTONIAN; LATTICE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DIPOLE COUPLING; POLAR REORIENTATION; VOLUME ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032020969     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0038-1098(98)80004-5     Document Type: Article

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