Monte Carlo calculations on the magnetization profile and domain wall structure in bulk systems and nanoconstricitons

Revista Mexicana de Fisica

Volumn 47, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2001, Pages 72-82

  Serena, P A ^a   Cosla Kramer J L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heisenberg model; Magnetic effects; Nanocontact

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041027173     PISSN: 0035001X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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