On the basis of Brown’s kinetic equation a consistent study of the regimes of cyclic magnetization reversal of single-domain particles with a uniaxial anisotropy is performed. The applied field is harmonic and linearly polarized, its amplitude equals the maximal coercive force of a Stoner-Wohlfarth particle. The dynamic magnetic hysteresis loops are obtained for a particle (oriented particle ensemble), whose easy-magnetization axis is tilted to the field direction under an arbitrary angle. It is shown that the Stoner-Wohlfarth regime (often termed as quasistatic) is able to describe the behavior of a nanoparticle only in a quite limited material and external parameter range. The developed approach has at least two major merits: it enables one to consider dynamic magnetic hysteresis in the temperature-frequency domains inaccessible with the aid of approximate methods, and provides a tool to test the accuracy of the latter.

• Received 16 August 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.174423