Abstract

The investigation of the role of interactions in magnetic wire arrays is complex and often involves substantial simplifications. In this paper analytical expressions taking into consideration the geometry of the wires and dipolar interactions between them have been obtained. An expansion of these terms, at first order, can be easily evaluated and shows a good agreement with the total expression for the energy. The extent of the interwire magnetostatic coupling has also been investigated, and it is shown that the number of wires required to reach a size independent magnetic state in the array strongly depends on the relative magnetic orientation of the wires. © IOP Publishing Ltd.