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Probing a mesoscopic elephant

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Using resonant inelastic X-ray scattering, a new experimental window is opened on fundamental magnetic excitations in mesoscopic ferromagnets.

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Fig. 1: A simple model of spin dynamics begins by picturing magnetic ordering as an arrangement of arrows.
Fig. 2: A Heisenberg model with a thickness-dependent interaction parameter is used to fit experimental spin-wave data determined from resonant inelastic X-ray scattering experiments on thin ferromagnetic iron films.

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Stamps, R. Probing a mesoscopic elephant. Nat. Mater. 20, 127–128 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00915-y

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