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Advances in Condensed Matter Physics
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 908692, 8 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/908692
Research Article

Micromagnetic Investigation of Periodic Cross-Tie/Vortex Wall Geometry

Michael J. Donahue

Applied and Computational Mathematics Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899-8910, USA

Received 31 March 2012; Accepted 18 May 2012

Academic Editor: Eduardo Martinez Vecino

Copyright © 2012 Michael J. Donahue. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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