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Magnetic Domains

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The existence of magnetic domains arises from the effect of several interactions present in magnetic materials, mainly exchange, anisotropy and dipolar. This chapter deals with some properties of magnetic domains and magnetic domain walls, including the motion of these walls under an applied magnetic field. A short introduction to micromagnetism, an approach to the study of magnetic materials that considers these materials as a continuum, is also given, as well as the origin of some of the characteristic lengths in magnetism.

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Guimarães, A.P. (2009). Magnetic Domains. In: Principles of Nanomagnetism. NanoScience and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01482-6_2

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