We theoretically investigate the magnetic activation energy of permanent magnets. Practically, it is widely used in a phenomenological form as F B (H ext is the activation energy in the absence of an external magnetic field H ext , n is a real parameter, and H 0 is defined by the equationWe derive the general and direct expressions for these phenomenological parameters under the restriction of uniform rotation of magnetization and on the basis of the perturbative theory with respect to H ext . Further, we apply our results to Nd 2 Fe 14 B magnets and confirm the validity of the proposed method by comparing with the Monte Carlo calculations.Elucidating the dominant factors in the coercive force of permanent magnets is a central issue in the fields of magnetics and material science. Magnetocrystalline anisotropy (MA) is one of the dominant factors governing the coercive force in rare-earth (RE) magnets such a Nd-Fe-B magnet, 1, 2) whose temperature dependence has been investigated by many authors. 3-6) From the theoretical viewpoint, the MA of a ferromagnet is specified by its free energy density as a function of the magnetization angle, and practically, its temperature dependence is expressed in terms of th-order MA constants (MACs), K (T ), at a temperature T .Especially, in RE magnets, it is often found that those have higher order MACs and strongly depends on temperature. Fortunately, these complex features can be understood within mean field theories (MFTs). 7-12) Most recently, 11) we described the temperature-dependent MA in local moment systems by using Zener's phenomenological theory 13) and derived it in an extended form of the Akulov-Zener-Callen-Callen power law, [13][14][15] which is used to obtain a temperature dependence curve of K (T ) later in this study; there, it is referred to as the "extended power law (EPL) ." On the other hand, it was reported that inhomogeneity in magnetic structures seriously affects the coercive forces, 16) and thus numerical analyses have been continued to date. [17][18][19][20][21][22] As mentioned above, the temperature dependence of MA in RE magnets has been understood well. However, the role of MA in the coercive force mechanism is not clear at this