TY - JOUR
T1 - Remanent magnetization of a simple ferromagnet
AU - Chamberlin, Ralph
AU - Holtzberg, F.
PY - 1991/1/1
Y1 - 1991/1/1
N2 - We have measured the remanent magnetization of single-crystal EuS from 10-4 to 104 sec after removing an applied field. Using a recent model for magnon relaxation on finite domains, the data yield size-scaling exponents of =-0.100.02 and =0.6690.004, in excellent agreement with exact theoretical predictions. As a function of temperature, the remanent magnetization is a maximum above the Curie transition, and for some thermal histories, becomes negative in the ferromagnetic regime. The behavior is consistent with a percolation backbone that is negatively coupled to the finite domains.
AB - We have measured the remanent magnetization of single-crystal EuS from 10-4 to 104 sec after removing an applied field. Using a recent model for magnon relaxation on finite domains, the data yield size-scaling exponents of =-0.100.02 and =0.6690.004, in excellent agreement with exact theoretical predictions. As a function of temperature, the remanent magnetization is a maximum above the Curie transition, and for some thermal histories, becomes negative in the ferromagnetic regime. The behavior is consistent with a percolation backbone that is negatively coupled to the finite domains.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1606
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.1606
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0006942141
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 67
SP - 1606
EP - 1609
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 12
ER -