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    Superparamagnetic behaviour of antiferromagnetic DyPO4 nanoparticles

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    We report on the low-temperature magnetic ac-susceptibility of antiferromagnetic DyPO4 nanoparticles with a very high surface to volume ratio. The results are interpreted in terms of superparamagnetic relaxation of the Neel vector arising from a relatively large number approx 0.2 Na of uncompensated spins probably existing on the surface of the nanoparticles. The activation energy of the relaxation process is found to be Ea / kB = (2.6+-0.1) K within a model taking into account the magnetic interaction between nanoparticles.Comment: 3 pages, 1 figure, Espcrc2, ICM0

    Statistics of irreversible displacements of domain walls in nanowires

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    The process of quasistatic displacement of domain walls is considered in a nanowire represented as a one-dimensional chain of ferromagnet crystallites. The domain wall pinning due to spatial fluctuations of the anisotropy axes is analyzed. Based on the theory of overshoots of random processes, we have calculated the distribution functions of the initial susceptibility and of the maximal force of interaction of the domain wall with inhomogeneities. These functions are found to be non-Gaussian. We have derived expressions for the magnetization curve and the coercive force, which depend on the length of the chain
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