The magnetomechanical damping (MMD) and mechanical Barkhausen noise power (
MN) are due to stress induced irreversible jumps of non-180 degrees domain
walls in magnetostrictive materials. The high-frequency component of MN pow
er shows a strong correlation with the behaviors of MMD and magnetostrictio
n, while the low-frequency component, only present in the magnetized state,
varies like the maximum permeability and the magnetic Barkhausen signal. (
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