ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
Nanomagnetic Tomography: Unlocking the Vortex Realm for Paleomagnetism and Rock-magnetism
The Earth’s magnetic field plays a pivotal role in the Earth Sciences: magnetic signals stored in geological materials, such as igneous rocks, provide a record of Earth’s magnetic history and are essential for understanding e.g. tectonic processes, planetary dynamics, and the behavior of the geomagnetic field itself. Much of this record, however, remains inaccessible because not all magnetic particles in a sample reliably record the Earth’s magnetic field. Small, sub-micron vortex-state particles are predicted to be stable and reliable recorders, but they are undetectable by current micromagnetic methods. SPARK propels paleomagnetism into the nano realm by isolating and analyzing magnetic…
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