Thermodynamic perturbation theory for dipolar superparamagnets

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 17, 2001, Pages

  Jonsson P E ^a   Garcia Palacios J L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; DIPOLE; HEAT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNET; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 4744344175     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.64.174416     Document Type: Article

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