Consistent energy barrier distributions in magnetic particle chains
Consistent energy barrier distributions in magnetic particle chains
We investigate long-time thermal activation behaviour in magnetic particle chains of variable length. Chains are modelled as Stoner–Wohlfarth particles coupled by dipolar interactions. Thermal activation is described as a hopping process over a multidimensional energy landscape using the discrete orientation model limit of the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert dynamics. The underlying master equation is solved by diagonalising the associated transition matrix, which allows the evaluation of distributions of time scales of intrinsic thermal activation modes and their energy representation. It is shown that as a result of the interaction dependence of these distributions, increasing the particle chain length can lead to acceleration or deceleration of the overall relaxation process depending on the initialisation procedure.
thermal relaxation, energy barrier distributions, magnetic particle chains, dipolar interaction
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Laslett, O.
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Ruta, S.
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Chantrell, R.W.
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Barker, J.
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Friedman, G.
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Hovorka, O.
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25 September 2015
Laslett, O.
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Ruta, S.
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Chantrell, R.W.
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Barker, J.
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Friedman, G.
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Hovorka, O.
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Laslett, O., Ruta, S., Chantrell, R.W., Barker, J., Friedman, G. and Hovorka, O.
(2015)
Consistent energy barrier distributions in magnetic particle chains.
Physica B: Condensed Matter, .
(doi:10.1016/j.physb.2015.09.044).
Abstract
We investigate long-time thermal activation behaviour in magnetic particle chains of variable length. Chains are modelled as Stoner–Wohlfarth particles coupled by dipolar interactions. Thermal activation is described as a hopping process over a multidimensional energy landscape using the discrete orientation model limit of the Landau–Lifshitz–Gilbert dynamics. The underlying master equation is solved by diagonalising the associated transition matrix, which allows the evaluation of distributions of time scales of intrinsic thermal activation modes and their energy representation. It is shown that as a result of the interaction dependence of these distributions, increasing the particle chain length can lead to acceleration or deceleration of the overall relaxation process depending on the initialisation procedure.
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Accepted/In Press date: 22 September 2015
Published date: 25 September 2015
Keywords:
thermal relaxation, energy barrier distributions, magnetic particle chains, dipolar interaction
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Faculty of Engineering and the Environment
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Local EPrints ID: 383195
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/383195
ISSN: 0921-4526
PURE UUID: b6340036-6126-4ada-b399-909c688a6d95
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J. Barker
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G. Friedman
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