Effect of surface anisotropy on the hysteretic properties of a magnetic particle

Details Effect of surface anisotropy on the hysteretic properties of a magnetic particle Effect of surface anisotropy on the hysteretic properties of a magnetic particle

2001-12-03

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0112032v1

Journal of Applied Physics 91 (2002) 7625

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

4 pages, 4 figures: this is a short version of cond-mat/0109411 presented at the 46th MMM Conference, Seattle November 12-16,

Scientific paper

10.1063/1.1450846

We study the influence of surface anisotropy on the zero-temperature hysteretic properties of a small single-domain magnetic particle, and give an estimation of the anisotropy constant for which deviations from the Stoner-Wohlfarth model are observed. We consider a spherical particle with simple cubic crystalline structure, a uniaxial anisotropy for core spins and radial anisotropy on the surface, and compute the hysteresis loop by solving the local Landau-Lifshitz equations for classical spin vectors. We find that when the surface anisotropy constant is at least of the order of the exchange coupling, large deviations are observed with respect to the Stoner-Wohlfarth model in the hysteresis loop and thereby the limit-of-metastability curve, due to the non-uniform cluster-wise reversal of the magnetisation.

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