Zeeman energy
Zeeman energy, or the external field energy, is the potential energy of a magnetised body in an external magnetic field. It is named after the Dutch physicist Pieter Zeeman, primarily known by the Zeeman effect. In SI units, it is given by
where HExt is the external field, M the local magnetisation, and the integral is done over the volume of the body. This is the statistical average of a corresponding microscopic Hamiltonial for each individual magnetic moment m, which is however experiencing a local induction B:
