An analytical model of the vector digital magnetic recording process in isotropic thin media

An analytical theory has been produced for describing the vector nature of the digital magnetic recording process in thin-film isotropic media. It is based upon assumptions on the way in which the magnetization follows the fi eld during the recording process and shows, except for a scaling of their p eak values, that the longitudinal and perpendicular components of magnetiza tion behave, respectively, as if they were separately present in a longitud inal and perpendicular recording. The magnitudes of the longitudinal and pe rpendicular magnetization components are derived in particular cases.