{
  "id": "1302.7305",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2013-02-28T20:18:34.000Z",
  "updated": "2013-03-01T14:06:09.000Z",
  "title": "A Microscopic and Spectroscopic View of Quantum Tunneling of Magnetization",
  "authors": [
    "Junjie Liu",
    "Enrique del Barco",
    "Stephen Hill"
  ],
  "comment": "Chapter in the book \"Molecular Nanomagnets: Physics and applications\", Edited by J. Bartolome, J. Fernandez, and F. Luis, Springer (in preparation)",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall"
  ],
  "abstract": "This chapter takes a microscopic view of quantum tunneling of magnetization (QTM) in single-molecule magnets (SMMs), focusing on the interplay between exchange and anisotropy. Careful consideration is given to the relationship between molecular symmetry and the symmetry of the spin Hamiltonian that dictates QTM selection rules. Higher order interactions that can modify the usual selection rules are shown to be very sensitive to the exchange strength. In the strong coupling limit, the spin Hamiltonian possess rigorous $D_{2h}$ symmetry (or $C_{\\infty}$ in high-symmetry cases). In the case of weaker exchange, additional symmetries may emerge through mixing of excited spin states into the ground state. Group theoretic arguments are introduced to support these ideas, as are extensive results of magnetization hysteresis and electron paramagnetic resonance measurements.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2013-03-01T14:06:09.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "quantum tunneling",
      "spectroscopic view",
      "magnetization",
      "microscopic",
      "electron paramagnetic resonance measurements"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "book chapter"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2013arXiv1302.7305L"
    }
  }
}