{
  "id": "1106.3438",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2011-06-17T10:37:03.000Z",
  "updated": "2011-06-17T10:37:03.000Z",
  "title": "Superparamagnetism and Monte Carlo simulations",
  "authors": [
    "David Serantes",
    "Daniel Baldomir"
  ],
  "comment": "24 pages, 13 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "We revise the basic concepts beneath the idea of \\textit{superparamagnetism} and the suitability of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations to study superparamagnetic (SPM) properties. Starting with the description of the characteristic features of the single-domain SPM entities, their general magnetic-field and temperature-dependent magnetic properties are discussed. Then, the use of a MC technique for studying SPM properties is presented, starting with a general approach to MC methods and introducing the Metropolis algorithm as an adequate tool for reproducing SPM features. Special attention is paid to the role played by the \\textit{computational time} MC steps on the simulations.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2011-06-17T10:37:03.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "monte carlo simulations",
      "superparamagnetism",
      "single-domain spm entities",
      "temperature-dependent magnetic properties",
      "basic concepts beneath"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "doi": "10.2174/1876531901204010071",
      "journal": "The Open Surface Science Journal",
      "year": 2012,
      "month": "Aug",
      "volume": 4,
      "number": 1,
      "pages": 71
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 24,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2012OSSJ....4...71S"
    }
  }
}