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In a semi-infinite ferromagnet with surface anisotropy, the spins near the surface may cant if the easy axis associated with the surface is noncollinear with the bulk magnetization. We show that such canting occurs only when the surface-anisotropy field Hₛ exceeds a critical value Hₛ⁽ᶜ⁾, which is large compared to surface-anisotropy fields inferred from recent experiments.
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