Magnetic reversal in nanoscopic ferromagnetic rings

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Martens, Kirsten ^a,c   Stein, D L ^a,d   Kent, A D ^b  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT FÜR THEORETISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33244464283     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.054413     Document Type: Article

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