Harmonic transition-state theory of thermal spin transitions
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Pavel F. Bessarab,1,2 Valery M. Uzdin,2,3 and Hannes Jónsson1 1Science Institute and Faculty of Science, VR-III, University of Iceland, 107 Reykjavı́k, Iceland 2Department of Physics, St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, 198504, Russia 3St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, St. Petersburg, 197101, Russia (Received 14 November 2011; revised manuscript received 17 February 2012; published 9 May 2012)
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