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Continuous spin reorientation in antiferromagnetic films

J. J. Alonso, J. F. Fernandez

cond-mat.stat-mecharXiv:cond-mat/0610431

Abstract

We study anisotropic antiferromagnetic one-layer films with dipolar and nearest-neighbor exchange interactions. We obtain a unified phase diagram as a function of effective uniaxial De and quadrupolar C anisotropy constants. We study in some detail how spins reorient continuously below a temperature Ts as T and De vary.

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