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Magnetization of concentrated polydisperse ferrofluids: Cluster expansion

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The equilibrium magnetization of concentrated ferrofluids described by a system of polydisperse dipolar hard spheres is calculated as a function of the internal magnetic field using the Born--Mayer or cluster expansion technique. This paper extends the results of Phys. Rev. E 62, 6875 (2000) obtained for monodisperse ferrofluids. The magnetization is given as a power series expansion in two parameters related to the volume fraction and the coupling strength of the dipolar interaction, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0609058,
  title  = {Magnetization of concentrated polydisperse ferrofluids: Cluster expansion},
  author = {B. Huke and M. Luecke},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0609058},
  year   = {2007}
}