I. Chiorescu et al., Butterfly hysteresis loop and dissipative spilt reversal in the S = 1/2, V-15 molecular complex, PHYS REV L, 84(15), 2000, pp. 3454-3457
Time resolved magnetization measurements have been performed on a spin 1/2
molecular complex, so-called V-15. Despite the absence of a barrier, magnet
ic hysteresis is observed over a time scale of several seconds. A detailed
analysis in terms of a dissipative two-level model is given, in which fluct
uations and splittings are of the same energy. Spin-phonon coupling leads t
o long relaxation times and to a particular "butterfly" hysteresis loop.