Magnetic Materials

This course will cover the following topics:

• Magnetostatics

• Origin of magnetism in materials

• Magnetic domains and domain walls

• Magnetic anisotropy

• Reversible and irreversible magnetization processes

• Hard and soft magnetic materials

• Magnetic recording

Special topics include magnetism of thin films, surfaces and fine particles; transport in ferromagnets, magnetoresistive sensors, and amorphous magnetic materials.