Thursday, January 10, 2013

1301.1900 (P. Subedi et al.)

Onset of a Propagating Self-Sustained Spin Reversal Front in a Magnetic
System
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P. Subedi, S. Vélez, F. Macià, S. Li, M. P. Sarachik, J. Tejada, S. Mukherjee, G. Christou, A. D. Kent
The energy released in a magnetic material by reversing spins as they relax toward equilibrium can lead to a dynamical instability that ignites self-sustained rapid relaxation along a deflagration front that propagates at a constant subsonic speed. Using a trigger heat pulse and transverse and longitudinal magnetic fields, we investigate and control the crossover between thermally driven magnetic relaxation and magnetic deflagration in single crystals of Mn$_{12}$-acetate.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1301.1900

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