title: Self-organized patterns of macroscopic quantum tunneling in molecular magnets.
abstract: We study low temperature resonant spin tunneling in molecular magnets induced by a field sweep with account of dipole-dipole interactions. Numerical simulations uncovered formation of self-organized patterns of the magnetization and of the ensuing dipolar field that provide resonant conditions inside a finite volume of the crystal. This effect is robust with respect to disorder and should be relevant to the dynamics of the magnetization steps observed in molecular magnets.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Lehman College, City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West, Bronx, New York 10468-1589, USA.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Garanin
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Chudnovsky