On the determination of magnetic grain-size distributions of superparamagnetic particle ensembles using the frequency dependence of susceptibility at different temperatures

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 736-746

  Shcherbakov, Valera P ^a   Fabian, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deconvolution; Environmental magnetism; Frequency dependent susceptibility; Measurement techniques; Stochastic resonance; Superparamagnetism

Indexed keywords

GRAIN SIZE; INVERSE PROBLEM; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MATHEMATICAL THEORY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 33745236672     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02603.x     Document Type: Article

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