HEAT-ASSISTED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM AND MAGNETIC STORAGE DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat-assisted recording medium which has excellent (001) orientation and comprises an L1type magnetic alloy having high regularity degree, and to provide a magnetic storage device using the heat-assisted recording medium.SOLUTION: In a magnetic recording medium comprising a substrate, a plurality of foundation layers formed on the substrate, and a magnetic layer containing an alloy having an L1structure as a main component, the heat-assisted recording medium is used in which at least one of the foundation layers is SrTiO. Moreover, an SrTiOfoundation layer is formed on a foundation layer having Cr or a BCC structure which contains Cr as a main component and has at least one element selected from among Ti, V, Mo, W, Mn, and Ru.