Starting from the Hamiltonian operator of the noncompensated two-sublattice
model of a small antiferromagnetic particle, we derive the effective Lagrangian
of a biaxial antiferromagnetic particle in an external magnetic field with the
help of spin-coherent-state path integrals. Two unequal level-shifts induced by
tunneling through two types of barriers are obtained using the instanton
method. The energy spectrum is found from Bloch theory regarding the periodic
potential as a superlattice. The external magnetic field indeed removes
Kramers' degeneracy, however a new quenching of the energy splitting depending
on the applied magnetic field is observed for both integer and half-integer
spins due to the quantum interference between transitions through two types of
barriers.Comment: 9 pages, Latex, 4 Postscript figure
