1. Transient electromagnetic field in magneto-viscous medium
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Kamenetsky, Felix M. and Trigubovich, George M.
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ELECTROMAGNETIC fields , *GEOMAGNETISM , *VISCOSITY , *PARAMAGNETISM , *POTENTIAL barrier , *DISPERSION (Chemistry) - Abstract
Abstract: When using Transient Geo-Electromagnetics (TEM) unusually slow decaying transients are sometimes observed in the absence of well-conductive objects. Many researchers explain this phenomenon by presence of material with magneto-viscous or superparamagnetic (SPM) properties. The analysis of electromagnetic (EM) field equations in conductive SPM medium is suggested in the present paper. It is shown that in a simplest case of small size single-domain magnetic particles with relative higher potential barrier energy, the SPM-medium is characterized by a very slow decaying exponential transient magnetic field, the level of which is much more as compared to that of due to non-magnetic medium of the same conductivity. This situation is traced up to the late transient time like 0.1s and more. SPM and Induction fields are in the near zone additive. They depend in a different way on the superparamagnetic and electric properties of the SPM-medium. They also depend in different ways on the transient time and on the size of the transmitter–receiver configuration. These characteristics make it possible to recognize the presence of SPM-effect and to separate these fields. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2011
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