Magnetic Domain Structures and Stress

该项目的一个主要目标是更好地理解宏观和微应力在影响畴结构和各种剩余磁化中的作用。此外，PI将研究使用重整化群论来解释单个颗粒进入的大范围局部能量最小状态。特别注意将放在研究理论，可能有重要的回报在古地磁。例如，该理论的初步结果表明，有一些重要的技术可以用来区分二次磁化和一次残余热磁化。

A major goal of this project is to develop a better understanding of the roles macro- and microstress play in affecting domain structures and various remanent magnetizations. In addition, the PI will investigate the use of renormalization group theory to explain the large range of local energy minima states that individual grains access. Particular attention will be placed on investigating theory that could have important payoffs in paleomagnetism. For example, preliminary results of the theory suggest there are important techniques available by which one can distinguish secondary magnetizations rom a primary thermal remanent magnetization.