Real and effective thermal equilibrium in artificial square spin ices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Morgan, Jason P ^a   Akerman, Johanna ^a,b   Stein, Aaron ^c   Phatak, Charudatta ^d   Evans, R M L ^a   Langridge, Sean ^e   Marrows, Christopher H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872944216     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.024405     Document Type: Article

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