Magnetic elements at finite temperature and large deviation theory

Journal of Nonlinear Science

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-253

  Kohn, R V ^a   Reznikoff, M G ^b   Vanden Eijnden, E ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

action minimization; Landau Lifshitz Gilbert equation; large deviation theory; micromagnetics; rare events; stochastic perturbation; stochastic resonance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867946760     PISSN: 09388974     EISSN: 14321467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00332-005-0671-z     Document Type: Article

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