Thermal processes and stability of longitudinal magnetic recording media

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 35, Issue 5 PART 1, 1999, Pages 2808-2813

  Moser, A ^a   Weller, D ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic recording; Magnetic viscosity; Superparamagnetism; Time dependent coercivity

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; COERCIVE FORCE; MAGNETIC HEADS; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COBALT PLATINUM CHROMIUM; SIGNAL DECAY; WRITE FIELDS;

MAGNETIC FILMS;

EID: 0033184272     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.800990     Document Type: Article

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