Diffusion-jump model for the combined Brownian and Neel relaxation dynamics of ferrofluids in the presence of external fields and flowIlg, P. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7518-5543 (2019) Diffusion-jump model for the combined Brownian and Neel relaxation dynamics of ferrofluids in the presence of external fields and flow. Physical Review E, 100 (2). 022608. ISSN 1539-3755
It is advisable to refer to the publisher's version if you intend to cite from this work. See Guidance on citing. To link to this item DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.100.022608 Abstract/SummaryRelaxation of suspended magnetic nanoparticles occurs via Brownian rotational diffusion of the particle as well as internal magnetization dynamics. The latter is often modeled by the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz equation, but its numerical treatment becomes prohibitively expensive in many practical applications due to a time-scale separation between fast, Larmor-type precession and slow, barrier-crossing dynamics. Here, a diffusion-jump model is proposed to take advantage of the time-scale separation and to approximate barrier-crossings as thermally activated jump processes that occur alongside rotational diffusion. The predictions of our diffusion-jump model are compared to reference results obtained by solving the stochastic Landau-Lifshitz equation coupled to rotational Brownian motion. Good agreement is found in the regime of high energy barriers where Neel relaxation can be considered a thermally activated rare event. While many works in the field have neglected N\'eel relaxation altogether, our approach opens the possibility to efficiently include Neel relaxation also into interacting many-particle models.
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