Magnon gas and deviation from the Bloch law in a nanoscale Heisenberg ferromagnet

Philosophical Magazine

Volumn 91, Issue 31, 2011, Pages 4053-4062

  Cojocaruab, S ^a,b  

^a HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Moldova)

Author keywords

Bloch law; Ferromagnetism; Magnons; Nanoparticles; Nanosized clusters

Indexed keywords

BLOCH LAW; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPLICIT EXPRESSIONS; FERROMAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; FINITE-SIZE SYSTEMS; HEISENBERG FERROMAGNETS; HEISENBERG SPINS; MAGNONS; MODIFIED POWER LAWS; NANO SCALE; NANOSIZED CLUSTERS; SIZE DEPENDENT;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; NANOPARTICLES;

SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 84855763741     PISSN: 14786435     EISSN: 14786443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14786435.2011.600731     Document Type: Article

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