Direct calculation of the attempt frequency of magnetic structures using the finite element method

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Fiedler, G ^a   Fidler, J ^a   Lee, J ^a   Schrefl, T ^b   Stamps, R L ^c   Braun, H B ^d   Suess, D ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b St Poelten University of Applied Sciences   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CALCULATION; GRADED MEDIA; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MEDIA TYPES; MICROMAGNETIC EQUATIONS; NUDGED ELASTIC BAND METHODS; NUMERICAL IMPLEMENTATION; RECORDING MEDIA; SADDLE POINT; SINGLE DOMAIN PARTICLES; SINGLE PHASE; TRANSITION STATE THEORIES;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84864265005     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4712033     Document Type: Article

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