Superparamagnetic relaxation times for mixed anisotropy and high energy barriers with intermediate to high damping: 1. Uniaxial axis in a (001) direction

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Newell, Andrew J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Ferromagnetic; Relaxation; Single domain; Superparamagnetic; Viscous

Indexed keywords

EID: 64849113911     PISSN: 15252027     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GC001146     Document Type: Article

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