Magnetization reversal times in the two-dimensional Ising model

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2 2, 2003, Pages 261191-261198

  Brendel, Kevin ^a   Barkema, G T ^a   Van Beijeren, Henk ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BROWNIAN MOVEMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETIC THEORY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 17144398189     PISSN: 1063651X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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