Abstract:
A perpendicular magnetic recording medium 100 having a magnetic recording layer 122, wherein a particle diameter of crystal grains in layer 122 improves a SNR while a high coercive force is maintained. There also is at least a ground layer 118, a first magnetic recording layer 122a, and a second magnetic recording layer 122b in this order on a disk base 110. The first layer 122a and the second layer 122b are ferromagnetic layers, each having a granular structure in which a grain boundary part made of a non-magnetic substance is formed between crystal grains each grown in a columnar shape, and A