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On the reorientation of surface magnetization in semi‐infinite ferromagnets
Author(s) -
Zhao PingBo,
Li BoZang,
Pu FuCho
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2221940228
Subject(s) - magnetization , condensed matter physics , discontinuity (linguistics) , ferromagnetism , perpendicular , surface (topology) , plane (geometry) , field (mathematics) , physics , magnetic field , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , mathematical analysis , pure mathematics
By establishing an effective transfer matrix technique, we calculate the problem of the surface magnetization direction canting between perpendicular and in‐plane states by the classical XY model. Our calculations show many new features which differ from the results obtained by other molecular field approximations. A possible mechanism for the slope discontinuity on the surface magnetization is proposed.