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ANDREW NEWELL

Dr. Andrew NewellResearch Assistant Professor
Tel. (919) 513-7454
E-mail: andrew_newell@ncsu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

B. Sc. in Mathematics and Physics, University of Toronto, 1987

M. Sc. in Geophysics, University of Toronto (advisor: David Dunlop), 1990

Ph. D. in geophysics, University of Washington (advisor: Ron Merrill), 1997

TEACHING AND RESEARCH AREAS

  • Dependence of magnetic properties on grain size
  • Thermoremanent magnetization and paleointensity
  • Low temperature magnetic phase transitions
  • Micromagnetic theory
  • Biomagnetism

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Newell, A. J., Superparamagnetic relaxation times for mixed anisotropy and high energy barriers with intermediate-to-high damping: I. Uniaxial axis in a (001) direction, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q03016, (2006).

Newell, A. J., Superparamagnetic relaxation times for mixed anisotropy and high energy barriers with intermediate-to-high damping: II. Uniaxial axis in a (111) direction, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 7, Q03015, (2006).

Newell, A. J., A high-precision model of first-order reversal curve (FORC) functions for single-domain ferromagnets with uniaxial anisotropy, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 6, Q05010, (2005).

P. A. Selkin, J. S. Gee, L. Tauxe, W. P. Meurer, and A. J. Newell (2000). The effect of remanence anisotropy on paleointensity estimates: A case study from the Archean Stillwater complex. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 183, 403-416, 2000

A. J. Newell (2000). The Lowrie-Fuller test: single-domain and micromagnetic theory. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 183, 335-346.

A. J. Newell and R. T. Merrill (2000). The size dependence of hysteresis properties of small PSD grains. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 19,393-19,404.

A. J. Newell and R. T. Merrill (2000). Nucleation and Stability of Remanent States. Journal of Geophysical Research 105, 19,377-19,392.

A. J. Newell and R. T. Merrill (1999). Single-domain critical sizes for coercivity and remanence. Journal of Geophysical Research 104, 617-628.

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