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| | Transdomain Remanent Magnetizations |
 | | At very high temperatures (i.e., close to the Neel or Curie temperature), the conventional picture of domains breaks down because the various anisotropy energies, such as magnetocrystalline and magnetostriction anisotropy, become insignificant compared to the exchange energy [e.g., Moskowitz, 1993]. |
 | | Even closer to the Neel temperature, the thermal fluctuations cause the magnetic spins to form clusters. |
 | | Regardless of whether the details of this method are supported by future work, they point out that if thermal fluctuations close to the Neel temperature are responsible for the wide range of observed LEM states, then there may be important consequences for paleomagnetism. |
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