Thermally assisted magnetization reversal in the presence of a spin-transfer torque

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Li, Z ^a   Zhang, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TORQUE;

EID: 37649033021     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.134416     Document Type: Article

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