TY - JOUR
T1 - The Fe8 molecular magnet
T2 - A proving ground for the semiclassical theory of spin
AU - Garg, Anupam
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Tunnel splitting oscillations in the molecular magnet Fe8 are best interpreted in terms of interfering spin paths. However, this picture is incomplete and one must also consider discontinuous paths to explain the observations. This is one example of how the Fe8 system has motivated workers to better understand spin coherent state path integrals and the semiclassical limit for spin. As a second example, we discuss the recently derived Bohr-Sommerfeld rule for spin.
AB - Tunnel splitting oscillations in the molecular magnet Fe8 are best interpreted in terms of interfering spin paths. However, this picture is incomplete and one must also consider discontinuous paths to explain the observations. This is one example of how the Fe8 system has motivated workers to better understand spin coherent state path integrals and the semiclassical limit for spin. As a second example, we discuss the recently derived Bohr-Sommerfeld rule for spin.
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U2 - 10.1002/pssc.200304383
DO - 10.1002/pssc.200304383
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:3042717873
SN - 1610-1634
VL - 1
SP - 1581
EP - 1586
JO - Physica Status Solidi C: Conferences
JF - Physica Status Solidi C: Conferences
IS - 7
ER -