Thermally activated relaxation time of a single domain ferromagnetic particle subjected to a uniform field at an oblique angle to the easy axis: Comparison with experimental observations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 80, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 5655-5658

  Coffey, W T ^a   Crothers, D S F ^b   Dormann, J L ^c   Kalmykov, Yu P ^d   Kennedy, E C ^b   Wernsdorfer, W ^e  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d INST OF RADIO ENG AND ELECTRONICS   (Russian Federation)

^e CNRS   (France)

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EID: 5244324551     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5655     Document Type: Article

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