Magnon gas and deviation from the Bloch law in a nanoscale Heisenberg ferromagnet |
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Authors: | S Cojocaru |
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Institution: | National Institute of Physics and Nuclear Engineering, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania Institute of Applied Physics, Chi?in?u, Republic of Moldova |
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Abstract: | It is known that saturation magnetization of ferromagnetic nanoparticles and nanoclusters deviates strongly from the Bloch T3/2 law. To describe the deviation one usually uses a modified power law Tα with a size dependent exponent α, which is motivated simply by its flexibility in fitting the observed behavior. By considering the Heisenberg spin model, we derive an explicit expression in terms of a magnon gas which generalizes the Bloch formula to a finite size system. Comparison to the experimental data shows a good agreement with the observed behavior and gives a better understanding of its physics. |
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Keywords: | A Nanomagnet D Magnetization D Magnon |
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