Band-Ferromagnetism: Ground-State and Finite-Temperature Phenomena

K. Baberschke, M. Donath, W. Nolting (auth.), Prof. Klaus Baberschke, Prof. Wolfgang Nolting, Prof. Markus Donath (eds.)3540423893, 9783540423898

Written by leading experts in the field of band-ferromagnetism, this book is intended to give a status report on our understanding of this complicated and fascinating problem of solid state physics. Modern developments are presented and explained in a tutorial style emphasizing the decisive ideas and the hot topics of current and future research on band-ferromagnetism. The authors include experimentalists and theoreticians working on different aspects of magnetism and employing a variety of techniques. In particular, they treat the following five central themes: Ground-State Properties, Finite-Temperature Electronic Structure, Models of Band-Ferromagnetism, Low-Dimensional Systems, Understanding Spectroscopies. The book will be of benefit to students and researchers alike.

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Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 1-6
On the Way to a Gutzwiller Density Functional Theory….Pages 9-26
Anisotropy in Magnetism….Pages 27-45
Anisotropic Magnetic Ground-State Moments Probed by Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy….Pages 46-59
First Principles Determination of Magnetic Anisotropy and Magnetostriction in Transition Metal Alloys….Pages 60-71
Magnetism of Correlated Systems: Beyond LDA….Pages 75-93
Probing the Electronic States of Band Ferromagnets with Photoemission….Pages 94-110
Temperature Dependence of Spin- and Angle-Resolved Photoemission of Ni….Pages 111-125
Spin Fluctuations in Itinerant Electron Systems….Pages 126-142
Itinerant Electron Magnets: Curie Temperature and Susceptibility in Density-Functional Theory….Pages 143-157
Band Magnetism near a Quantum Critical Point….Pages 158-172
Non-equilibrium Physics of Magnetic Solids: Time Dependent Changes of Magnetism….Pages 173-187
Metallic Ferromagnetism — An Electronic Correlation Phenomenon….Pages 191-207
Ferromagnetism in the Hubbard Model….Pages 208-225
Orbital Order Versus Orbital Liquid in Doped Manganites….Pages 226-240
First Principles Theory of Magnetism for Materials with Reduced Dimensionality….Pages 243-266
Surface Electronic Structure of Band Ferromagnets….Pages 267-282
Phase Transitions in Coupled Two-Dimensional Ferromagnetic Layers….Pages 283-296
Theory of Spin Excitations and the Microwave Response of Cylindrical Ferromagnetic Nanowires….Pages 297-319
Transmission of Electron Beams Through Thin Magnetic Films….Pages 320-337
New Developments in UPS and XPS from Ferromagnetic Materials….Pages 341-355
Theory of Electron Spectroscopies….Pages 356-370
Magnetic Dichroism in Electron Spectroscopy….Pages 371-385
Neutrons as a Probe of the Magnetic Moment Stability in Itinerant Electron Ferromagnets….Pages 386-394