Various Theories of Fast and Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics

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Manfred Fähnle*

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The background of my paper is that magnetization dynamics is a very important subject of basic and technological research. The purpose of the paper is to review various theories of magnetization dynamics. There are many important technological applications of magnetization dynamics.

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Fähnle, M. (2024). Various Theories of Fast and Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics. International Journal of Physics Research and Applications, 7(2), 154–158. https://doi.org/10.29328/journal.ijpra.1001101
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