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.

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 addi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Model Systems in Statistical Physics
• Ising-type antiferromagnets: model systems in statistical physics
• Part II: Exchange Bias
• Ferromagnetic thin films for perpendicular and planar exchange bias systems
• Exchange bias in magnetic heterosystems
• Summary.