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Auteurs principaux: Bellon, Ualisson Donardelli, Williams, Wyn, Trindade, Ricardo Ivan Ferreira, Diaz, Ana, Galante, Douglas
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Publié: 2024
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Accès en ligne:https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07769
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author Bellon, Ualisson Donardelli
Williams, Wyn
Trindade, Ricardo Ivan Ferreira
Diaz, Ana
Galante, Douglas
author_facet Bellon, Ualisson Donardelli
Williams, Wyn
Trindade, Ricardo Ivan Ferreira
Diaz, Ana
Galante, Douglas
contents The recording of planetary magnetic fields is often attributed to uniformly-magnetised nanoscopic iron oxides, called single-domain (SD). Yet, the main magnetic constituents of rocks are more complex, non-uniformly magnetised grains in single or multi-vortex states. We know little about their behaviour due to limitations in defining their precise shape and internal magnetic structure. We propose a novel approach combining non-destructive synchrotron-based ptychographic nanotomography with micromagnetic modelling to explore the magnetic stability of remanence-bearing minerals. Applied to a microscopic rock sample, we identified hundreds of nanoscopic grains of magnetite/maghemite with diverse morphologies. For some grains, shape irregularities near the transition from SD to the single-vortex state allow for multiple domain states, some unstable and unable to record the field for significant periods. Additionally, some other grains exhibit temperature-dependent occupancy probabilities, potentially hampering experiments to recover the intensity of past magnetic fields.
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spellingShingle Coupling nanoscopic tomography and micromagnetic modelling to assess the stability of geomagnetic recorders
Bellon, Ualisson Donardelli
Williams, Wyn
Trindade, Ricardo Ivan Ferreira
Diaz, Ana
Galante, Douglas
Geophysics
The recording of planetary magnetic fields is often attributed to uniformly-magnetised nanoscopic iron oxides, called single-domain (SD). Yet, the main magnetic constituents of rocks are more complex, non-uniformly magnetised grains in single or multi-vortex states. We know little about their behaviour due to limitations in defining their precise shape and internal magnetic structure. We propose a novel approach combining non-destructive synchrotron-based ptychographic nanotomography with micromagnetic modelling to explore the magnetic stability of remanence-bearing minerals. Applied to a microscopic rock sample, we identified hundreds of nanoscopic grains of magnetite/maghemite with diverse morphologies. For some grains, shape irregularities near the transition from SD to the single-vortex state allow for multiple domain states, some unstable and unable to record the field for significant periods. Additionally, some other grains exhibit temperature-dependent occupancy probabilities, potentially hampering experiments to recover the intensity of past magnetic fields.
title Coupling nanoscopic tomography and micromagnetic modelling to assess the stability of geomagnetic recorders
topic Geophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.07769