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Derivation of a Multiscale Ferrofluid Model: Superparamagnetic Behavior due to Fast Spin Flip

Analysis of PDEs 2026-02-25 v1

Abstract

We consider a microscopic model of NN magnetic nanoparticles in a Stokes flow. We assume that the temperature is above the critical N\'eel temperature such that the particles' magnetizations undergo random flip with rate 1/ε1/\varepsilon. The microscopic system is the modeled through a piecewise deterministic Markov jump process. We show that for large NN, small particle volume fraction and small ε\varepsilon, the system can be effectively described by a multiscale model.

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@article{arxiv.2501.12918,
  title  = {Derivation of a Multiscale Ferrofluid Model: Superparamagnetic Behavior due to Fast Spin Flip},
  author = {Alexandre Girodoux-Lavigne and Richard M. Höfer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.12918},
  year   = {2026}
}