Phase transition between quantum and classical regimes for the escape rate of dimeric molecular nanomagnets in a staggered magnetic field

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2014.03.019MaRDI QIDQ888013zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. A. Owerre, M. B. Paranjape

Publication date 4 November 2015

Published in Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1311.4244

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40) Statistical mechanics of nanostructures and nanoparticles (82D80)

Abstract: We study the phase transition of the escape rate of exchange-coupled dimer of single-molecule magnets which are coupled either ferromagnetic ally or antiferromagnetically in a staggered magnetic field and an easy $z$-axis anisotropy. The Hamiltonian for this system has been used to study molecular dimer nanomagnets [Mn${}_4$]${}_2$. We generalize the method of mapping a single-molecule magnetic spin problem onto a quantum-mechanical particle to dimeric molecular nanomagnets. The problem is mapped to a single particle quantum-mechanical Hamiltonian in terms of the relative coordinate and a coordinate dependent reduced mass. It is shown that the presence of the external staggered magnetic field creates a phase boundary separating the first- from the second-order transition. With the set of parameters used by R. Tiron, $extitetal$, prl {�f 91}, 227203 (2003), and S. Hill, $extitetal$ science {�f 302}, 1015 (2003) to fit experimental data for [Mn${}_4$]${}_2$ dimer we find that the critical temperature at the phase boundary is $T_0^{(c)}=0.29K$. Therefore, thermally activated transitions should occur for temperatures greater than $T_0^{(c)}$.

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