Collective modes for an array of magnetic dots with perpendicular magnetization P. V. Bondarenko, 1 A. Yu. Galkin, 2 B. A. Ivanov, 1, 3, ∗ and C. E. Zaspel 4 $^{1}$Institute of Magnetism, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03142 Kiev, Ukraine $^{2}$Institute of Metal Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03142 Kiev, Ukraine $^{3}$National Taras Shevchenko University of Kiev, 03127 Kiev, Ukraine $^{4}$University of Montana-Western, Dillon, MT 59725, USA. (Dated: November 2, 2018) The dispersion relations of collective oscillations of the magnetic moment of magnetic dots ar- ranged in square-planar arrays and having magnetic moments perpendicular to the array plane are calculated. The presence of the external magnetic field perpendicular to the plane of array, as well as the uniaxial anisotropy for single dot are taken into account. The ferromagnetic state with all the magnetic moments parallel, and chessboard antiferromagnetic state are considered. The dispersion relation yields information about the stability of different states of the array. There is a critical magnetic field below which the ferromagnetic state is unstable. The antiferromagnetic state is stable for small enough magnetic fields. The dispersion relation is non-analytic as the value of the wave vector approaches zero. Non-trivial Van Hove anomalies are also found for both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic states. PACS numbers: 75.75.+a, 75.30.Ds, 75.10.Hk 1 arXiv:1002.1477v1 [cond-mat.mtrl-sci] 7 Feb 2010 Abstract