Relaxation time of weakly interacting superparamagnets

The relaxation time of weakly interacting classical spins is calculated by introducing the averages of he local dipolar field, obtained by thermodynam ic perturbation theory, in a rigorous expression for the single-spin thermo activation rate in a weak but arbitrarily oriented field. A low temperature s he non-trivial dependence of he superparamagnetic blocking on the damping coefficient, numerically found by Berkov and Gorn, is reproduced by our mo del and interpreted in terms of he deviations from uniaxial anisotropy asso ciated to the transversal component of he dipolar field acting on each spin .