Magnetic aging

Ralph Skomski, Jian Zhou, R. D. Kirby, D. J. Sellmyer

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Abstract

Thermally activated magnetization reversal is of great importance in areas such as permanent magnetism and magnetic recording. In spite of many decades of scientific research, the phenomenon of slow magnetization dynamics has remained partially contro-versial. It is now well-established that the main mechanism is thermally activated magnetization reversal, as contrasted to eddy currents and structural aging, but the identification of the involved energy. barriers remains a challenge for many systems. Thermally activated slow magnetization processes proceed over energy barriers whose structure is determined by the micromagnetic free energy. This restricts the range of physically meaningful energy barriers. An analysis of the underlying micromagnetic free energy yields power-law dependences with exponents of 3/2 or 2 for physically reasonable models, in contrast to arbitrary exponents m and to 1/H-type laws.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Pages133-138
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2006
Event2005 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting - Boston, MA, United States
Duration: Nov 28 2005Dec 1 2005

Publication series

NameMaterials Research Society Symposium Proceedings
Volume887
ISSN (Print)0272-9172

Conference

Conference2005 Materials Research Society Fall Meeting
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBoston, MA
Period11/28/0512/1/05

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

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