Magnetic aftereffects and the barkhausen effect in a magnesium manganese ferrite single crystal

The temperature dependence of the critical magnetic field H₀(T)] of a magnesium manganese ferrite single crystal is analyzed, together with the changes taking place in the critical magnetic field with time, H₀(t), the temperature dependence of the domain-boundary stabilization field H_st(T), and the time required to establish the equilibrium state of the domain boundaries; the domain structure is examined, and the induced anisotropy constant is calculated; so is the activation energy of the process leading to the stabilization of the domain boundaries. The magnetic aftereffects and the Barkhausen jumps accompanying them are of a diffusion nature.