A new look on the two-dimensional Ising model: Thermal artificial spins

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Arnalds, Unnar B ^a   Chico, Jonathan ^b   Stopfel, Henry ^b   Kapaklis, Vassilios ^b   Bärenbold, Oliver ^b   Verschuuren, Marc A ^c   Wolff, Ulrike ^d   Neu, Volker ^d   Bergman, Anders ^b   Hjörvarsson, Björgvin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

artificial spins; Ising model; magnetic ordering

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETIZATION; PHASE SPACE METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL SPINS; CRITICAL THICKNESS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MAGNETIC STATE; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR INTERACTIONS; RECTANGULAR ARRAYS; THERMAL ORDERING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ISING MODEL;

ISING MODEL;

EID: 84960191961     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/18/2/023008     Document Type: Article

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