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JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS, vol.312, no.1, pp.21-26, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
Experimental DC (VSM) and theoretical hysteresis loops of a ferromagnetic amorphous wire with a deformation in the middle or exposed to local magnetic fields are investigated. Hysteresis loops show two-stage Barkhausen jumps and staircase relaxation. With a local field at the same position, the loop drastically loses its shape and symmetry depending on the magnitude and the direction of the magnetic bias. A model to explain this behavior is proposed. The proposed model is based on the calculation of the magnetic moment distribution of the domain as a result of domain wall motion and nucleation in the inner core of a ferromagnetic wire and is in a good agreement with the experimental results. (C) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.