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Spin Dynamics and Damping in Ferromagnetic Thin Films and Nanostructures

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In this chapter, we focus on various aspects of magnetic damping. As described in the previous chapters, in a ferromagnetic system the spin dynamics is described by using Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert (LLG) equation in which a phenomenological parameter α defines a magnetization relaxation.

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    Prof. Anjan Barman

  2. Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India

    Dr. Jaivardhan Sinha

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Barman, A., Sinha, J. (2018). Magnetic Damping. In: Spin Dynamics and Damping in Ferromagnetic Thin Films and Nanostructures. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66296-1_3

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