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Magnetic domains in ferromagnetic materials generate stray fields above the specimen surface of ferromagnetics with uniaxial anisotropy , i.e., without closed domains at the specimen surface.

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    Nicolas Brodusch, Hendrix Demers & Raynald Gauvin

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Brodusch, N., Demers, H., Gauvin, R. (2018). Magnetic Domain Imaging. In: Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4433-5_9

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