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A calculation of the Néel domain wall in single-layer and two-layer magnetic films has been performed. It has been shown that the magnetization in a single-layer film changes not only in the film plane but also over the film thickness.
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Original Russian Text © V.S. Semenov, 2011, published in Fizika Metallov i Metallovedenie, 2011, Vol. 111, No. 5, pp. 462–471.
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Semenov, V.S. Néel domain wall in single-layer and two-layer magnetic films. Phys. Metals Metallogr. 111, 441–450 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031918X11040120
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