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The demagnetization ‘constant’, N, enters into all theoretical considerations of multidomain remanence. Although most workers believe N to be related simply to the shape of the grain, no theoretical study of N has previously been completed. It is shown in this paper thatN monotonically increases with increase in remanence in multidomain grains. Although N can be approximated by a constant in the limit of small displacements of domain walls from their demagnetized sites, this constant critically depends on the domain geometry.
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Merrill, R.T. (1977). The Demagnetization Field of Multidomain Grains. In: Dunlop, D.J. (eds) Origin of Thermoremanent Magnetization. Advances in Earth and Planetary Sciences, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-1286-7_4
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