Bounds of Integration for Random Oriented particle

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The discussion centers on the Stoner-Wohlfarth model, specifically the integration limits for calculating the average orientation of uniaxial, non-interacting particles at low temperatures. The integration is performed from 0 to π/2, leveraging the symmetries of the problem to extend the solutions across the entire parameter space. This approach simplifies the calculations while ensuring accurate results, as confirmed by the analysis of Fig. 4 in the referenced paper.

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In the Stoner-Wohlfarth model, a uniaxial, non-interacting particle is cooled to very low temperature with no exposure to an external field. Therefore, the orientation of each particle is random, if you have a group of particles. In their paper, they integrate such that:
\langle \cos (\Theta )\rangle =\int_0^{\frac{\pi }{2}} \sin (\Theta ) \cos (\Theta ) \, d\Theta

I am having a hard time understanding why they only integrate from 0 to pi over two, instead of 0 to pi. Can anyone shine any enlightenment on this?
 

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A copy of the paper can be found at http://spin.nanophys.kth.se/spin/stoner-wohlfarth.pdf There's a lot of discussion around Fig. 4 where they talk about how the symmetries of the problem allow them to reproduce the solutions everywhere in parameter space from the region ##0 \leq \theta,\phi \leq \pi/2##.
 
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fzero said:
A copy of the paper can be found at http://spin.nanophys.kth.se/spin/stoner-wohlfarth.pdf There's a lot of discussion around Fig. 4 where they talk about how the symmetries of the problem allow them to reproduce the solutions everywhere in parameter space from the region ##0 \leq \theta,\phi \leq \pi/2##.

That helped me tremendously - thank you!
 

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