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Limits of Storage in Magnetic Materials

Published

Author(s)

Thomas J. Silva

Abstract

I summarize what is currently known about how thermal effects limit the storage capacity of magnetic disk drives. The physics of thermal fluctuations in magnetic materials is treated in some detail, though the essential points are covered in a tutorial manner.
Citation
Frontiers of Engineering: Reports on Leading-Edge
Publisher Info
The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
Pub Type
Books

Keywords

anisotropy, Arrhenius-Neel, disk drives, magnetic data storage, magnetic fluctuation noise, superparamagnetism
Electromagnetics

Citation

Silva, T. (2004), Limits of Storage in Magnetic Materials, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC (Accessed May 10, 2025)

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Created December 31, 2004, Updated January 27, 2020