Non-Local/Local Gilbert Damping in Nickel and Permalloy Thin Films
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1.1 The force F acting on a dipole in an external field H, taken from [24]. 13 1.2 Magnetization torque (a)) without damping, the magnetization M pre-cesses around the H on a constant orbit. With damping (b)) the torque pointing towards H forces the magnetization to align with the external
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