Ising-type Antiferromagnets Model Systems in Statistical Physics and in the Magnetism of Exchange Bias /

• Main Author: Binek, Christian (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2003.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2003.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics, 196
• Subjects: Atoms.; Physics.; Condensed matter.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics.; Condensed Matter Physics.; Complex Systems.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems.
• Physical Description: X, 120 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540450016
• ISSN: 0081-3869 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/b10726

The book deals with selected modern aspects of artificially layered structures and bulk materials involving antiferromagnetic long-range order. Special emphasis is laid on the prototypical behavior of Ising-type model systems. They play a crucial role in the field of statistical physics and, in addition, contribute to the basic understanding of the exchange bias phenomenon in MBE-grown magnetic heterosystems. Throughout the book, particular attention is given to the interplay between experimental results and their theoretical description, ranging from the famous Lee-Yang theory of phase transitions to novel mechanisms of exchange bias.