Dimensionality crossover in magnetism: From domain walls (2D) to vortices (1D)

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Masseboeuf, A ^a,d   Fruchart, O ^b   Toussaint, J C ^b,c   Kritsikis, E ^a,b,c   Buda Prejbeanu, L ^a   Cheynis, F ^b   Bayle Guillemaud, P ^a   Marty, A ^a  

^a CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c GRENOBLE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (France)

^d CEMES CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LANDAU PARAMETERS; MICROMAGNETISMS; SECOND ORDER TRANSITION;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 77950287929     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.127204     Document Type: Article

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