Abstract
The ground state of nonellipsoidal particles can be inhomogeneous due to the effect of a demagnetizing field. The approach proposed here for studying such particles is based on the combination of symmetry analysis and perturbation theory. The general formulation of this approach, which makes it possible to analyze weakly inhomogeneous states for particles with a complex shape, is considered. The ground state of cubic particles of magnetically soft materials is calculated analytically, and the effect of small strains of cubic particles on the magnetization distribution in the particles is investigated. It is shown for the example of magnetically soft cubic particles that even a small deviation of the particle shape from symmetrical may result in the realization of a special magnetic state in such particles, in which the symmetry in the magnetization distribution is lower than the particle symmetry. A change in the parameters of a particle can substantially modify its magnetic properties and may even induce a phase transition to a state with a different symmetry.
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