Quantum Theory Of Magnetism, The (2nd Edition)

Norberto Majlis

ISBN 10: 9813203250 / ISBN 13: 9789813203259

Published by World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, SG, 2007

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This advanced level textbook is devoted to the description of systems which show ordered magnetic phases. A wide selection of topics is covered, including a detailed treatment of the mean-field approximation as the main paradigm for the phenomenological description of phase transitions. The book discusses the properties of low-dimensional systems and uses Green's functions extensively after a useful mathematical introduction. A thorough presentation of the RKKY and related models of indirect exchange is also featured, and a chapter on surface magnetism, rarely found in other textbooks, adds to the uniqueness of this book.For the second edition, three new chapters have been added, namely on magnetic anisotropy, on coherent magnon states and on local moments. Additionally, the chapter on itinerant magnetism has been enlarged by including a section on paramagnons.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Quantum Theory Of Magnetism, The (2nd Edition)
• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, SG
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9813203250
• ISBN 13: 9789813203259
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This advanced level textbook is devoted to the description of systems which show ordered magnetic phases. A wide selection of topics is covered, including a detailed treatment of the mean-field approximation as the main paradigm for the phenomenological description of phase transitions. The book discusses the properties of low-dimensional systems and uses Green's functions extensively after a useful mathematical introduction. A thorough presentation of the Rkky and related models of indirect exchange is also featured, and a chapter on surface magnetism, rarely found in other textbooks, adds to the uniqueness of this book. For the second edition, three new chapters have been added, namely on magnetic anisotropy, on coherent magnon states and on local moments. Additionally, the chapter on itinerant magnetism has been enlarged by including a section on paramagnons.

About the Author

Norberto Majlis graduated with a BSc in Physics from the University of Buenos Aires in Argentina and obtained a PhD in mathematical physics from the University of Birmingham in England. He was previously an associate professor at the National University of La Plata in Argentina, the University of Chile at Santiago in Chile, and the Federal University of Pernambuco and the Federal Fluminense University in Brazil, and also held the position of Visiting Professor at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste and Scuola Normale Superiore in Pisa, Italy. Currently a Visiting Professor at the Physics Department of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, he has performed theoretical research work on the electronic structure of semiconductors, the theory of chemisorption and the magnetism of surfaces, amongst other subjects.