REPRODUCIBILITY OF MAGNETIC AVALANCHES IN AN FE-NI-CO FERROMAGNET

TitleREPRODUCIBILITY OF MAGNETIC AVALANCHES IN AN FE-NI-CO FERROMAGNET
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication1995
AuthorsUrbach, J. S., Madison R. C., and Markert J. T.
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume75
Pagination4694-4697
Abstract

A study of magnetic avalanches in Perminvar, an Fe-Ni-Co alloy, shows that some avalanches are almost exactly reproducible from one magnetic field cycle to the next, while others show significant variability. Averaging over many cycles produces a fingerprint reflecting the reproducibility of the noise. The fingerprint is not strongly temperature or driving-rate dependent, indicating that the variability is a consequence of dynamical effects. We also find that the slope of the cycle-averaged magnetization, d[M]/dH, is correlated with the cycle-to-cycle variations in magnetization, [(delta M)(2)].