Silva, T.
(2004),
Limits of Storage in Magnetic Materials, The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
(Accessed May 15, 2025)
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Limits of Storage in Magnetic Materials
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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
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The National Academies Press, Washington, DC
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Books
Keywords
anisotropy, Arrhenius-Neel, disk drives, magnetic data storage, magnetic fluctuation noise, superparamagnetism
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Created December 31, 2004, Updated January 27, 2020