Thermal stability of longitudinal magnetic recording media

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1604-1606

  Moser, A ^a   Weller, D ^a   Doerner, M F ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b IBM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPOUNDS; COERCIVE FORCE; CORRELATION METHODS; DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

LONGITUDINAL MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA; NEEL-ARRHENIUS MODELS;

MAGNETIC FILM STORAGE;

EID: 0032613313     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124768     Document Type: Article

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