Breakdown of free-spin-wave theory in two-dimensional films of Co on Cu/(100)
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- 1 March 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 45 (9) , 5037-5040
Abstract
We show that free-spin-wave theory predicts magnetic properties of two-dimensional films of Co in contradiction with experimental results. A renormalization-group scheme, accounting for the interaction between the spin waves, must be invoked.Keywords
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