Thermodynamic properties of small magnetic particles

AUTOR(ES)

Leite, Vanessa Souza, Figueiredo, Wagner

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Physics

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006-09

RESUMO

We investigate the equilibrium magnetic properties of a simple cubic small ferromagnetic particle under an external magnetic field. Although the particle is small, it can not be considered as a single-domain unit. The magnetic moments are represented by unitary spin vectors and we consider ferromagnetic interactions between nearest-neighbor spins. The coupling between spins is given in terms of the classical Heisenberg Hamiltonian and we also include a Zeeman contribution and a single-ion uniaxial anisotropy. The size of the particle changes from one to twelve lattice spacings. We employ in our study mean-filed calculations and Monte Carlo simulations. The magnetization and susceptibility curves as a function of temperature show that an uniaxial anisotropy can mimic a ferromagnetic or an antiferromagnetic coupling, depending on the angle between the external magnetic field and the easy axis.

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