DYNAMICS OF LOW-DIMENSIONAL DIPOLAR SYSTEMS

Time decays of low-dimensional magnetic dipoles with anisotropic energ y barriers were studied theoretically. We found that the dynamic behav iors are interaction specific. For a chain with ferromagnetic coupling , a single mode dominates and the decay is essentially exponential. Fo r antiferromagnetic coupling, the dynamics can be characterized by two distinct groups of time scales. The spectrum results in a plateau in the decay of remanent magnetization. This novel behavior differs from the prediction of the mean-field theory. For a two-dimensional rectang ular lattice, a transition between the bimodal decay and a quasilogari thmic decay occurs when the ratio of length to width varies.