CC BY 3.0 UnportedSeifert, MariettaSchultz, LudwigSchäfer, RudolfHankemeier, SebastianFrömter, RobertOepen, Hans PeterNeu, Volker2022-12-232022-12-232017-3-1https://oa.tib.eu/renate/handle/123456789/10741http://dx.doi.org/10.34657/9777The domain pattern and the domain wall microstructure throughout the spin-reorientation transition of an epitaxial NdCo5 thin film are investigated by micromagnetic simulations. The temperature-dependent anisotropy constants K1 and K2, which define the anisotropy energy term in the model, are chosen to reflect the easy axis—easy cone—easy plane spin-reorientation transition observed in epitaxial NdCo5 thin films. Starting at the high-temperature easy c-axis regime, the anisotropy constants are changed systematically corresponding to a lowering of the temperature of the system. The character of the domain walls and their profiles are analysed. The calculated domain configurations are compared to the experimentally observed temperature-dependent domain structure of an in-plane textured NdCo5 thin film.enghttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/530domain patternmicromagnetic simulationNdCo5pinningscanning electron microscope with polarisation analysisspin reorientation transitionthin filmArticle