Temperature dependence of macroscopic quantum tunneling in antiferromagnetic particles

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 248, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 434-438

  Liang, J Q ^a,b,c   Muller Kirsten H J W ^a   Nie, Y H ^b   Pu, F C ^c,d   Zhang, Y B ^b,c  

^a Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^b Skanxi University   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTRON TUNNELING; EXCITED STATES; GROUND STATE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; GROUND STATE TUNNELING; MACROSCOPIC QUANTUM TUNNELING; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; QUANTUM TUNNELING; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ACTIVATION; THERMALLY-ASSISTED TUNNELING;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0041577297     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(98)00693-8     Document Type: Article

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