Rw. Chantrell et al., Theoretical studies of the field-cooled and zero-field cooled magnetization of interacting fine particles, J APPL PHYS, 85(8), 1999, pp. 4340-4342
We have applied a Monte-Carlo model of the properties of an interacting fin
e particle system to calculations of the field-cooled (FC) and zero-field c
ooled (ZFC) magnetization. The variation of T-g, the temperature peak, in t
he ZFC is also calculated. For an interacting system the effective energy b
arrier distribution is dependent on the packing density, and this is reflec
ted in the T-g vs H curve. An important result is the demonstration that ma
gnetostatic interactions between the particles can give rise to a peak in t
he FC magnetization. This is in agreement with experiments and is a result
of the magnetic order introduced by the magnetostatic interactions. [S0021-
8979(99)51308-X].