Download this article
 Download this article For screen
For printing
Recent Issues
Volume 8, Issue 1
Volume 7, Issue 4
Volume 7, Issue 3
Volume 7, Issue 2
Volume 7, Issue 1
Volume 6, Issue 4
Volume 6, Issue 3
Volume 6, Issue 2
Volume 6, Issue 1
Volume 5, Issue 4
Volume 5, Issue 3
Volume 5, Issue 2
Volume 5, Issue 1
Volume 4, Issue 4
Volume 4, Issue 3
Volume 4, Issue 2
Volume 4, Issue 1
Volume 3, Issue 4
Volume 3, Issue 3
Volume 3, Issue 2
Volume 3, Issue 1
Volume 2, Issue 4
Volume 2, Issue 3
Volume 2, Issue 2
Volume 2, Issue 1
Volume 1, Issue 4
Volume 1, Issue 3
Volume 1, Issue 2
Volume 1, Issue 1
The Journal
About the journal
Ethics and policies
Peer-review process
 
Submission guidelines
Submission form
Editorial board
 
Subscriptions
 
ISSN 2578-5885 (online)
ISSN 2578-5893 (print)
Author Index
To Appear
 
Other MSP Journals
Derivation of a multiscale ferrofluid model: superparamagnetic behavior due to fast spin flip

Alexandre Girodroux-Lavigne and Richard M. Höfer

Vol. 8 (2026), No. 1, 121–151
Abstract

We consider a microscopic model of N magnetic nanoparticles in a Stokes flow. We assume that the temperature is above the critical Néel temperature such that the particles’ magnetizations undergo random flip with rate 1𝜀. The microscopic system is modeled through a piecewise deterministic Markov jump process. We show that for large N, small particle volume fraction and small 𝜀, the system can be effectively described by a multiscale model.

Keywords
Stokes flow, homogenization, interacting particle system, Markov jump process
Mathematical Subject Classification
Primary: 35Q70, 76D07, 76M50, 76T20
Milestones
Received: 29 April 2025
Revised: 11 November 2025
Accepted: 29 December 2025
Published: 17 February 2026
Authors
Alexandre Girodroux-Lavigne
University of Regensburg
Regensburg
Germany
Richard M. Höfer
University of Regensburg
Regensburg
Germany