Influence of magnetostatic interactions on first-order-reversal-curve (FORC) diagrams: A micromagnetic approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 888-897

  Muxworthy, Adrian ^a   Heslop, David ^b   Williams, Wyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

FORC diagram; Hysteresis; Magnetostatic interactions; Micromagnetics; Single domain

Indexed keywords

GEOPHYSICS; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC PROPERTY;

EID: 4644258224     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02358.x     Document Type: Article

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