Experimental evidence of the Néel-Brown model of magnetization reversal

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1791-1794

  Wernsdorfer, W ^a   Orozco, E Bonet ^a   Hasselbach, K ^a   Benoit, A ^a   Barbara, B ^a   Demoncy, N ^b,c   Loiseau, A ^c   Pascard, H ^b   Mailly, D ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

^d LMM CNRS   (France)

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EID: 4243780531     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.1791     Document Type: Article

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