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The exchange changes everything

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The exchange interaction between the electron spin in individual magnetic atoms and the spin of electrons in a non-magnetic substrate has a strong effect on the magnetic anisotropy of the atoms.

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Figure 1: Renormalization of eigenstates in different systems.

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  1. Wulf Wulfhekel is at the Physikalisches Institut and the Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Wolfgang-Gaede-Str. 1, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany,

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