Quantum Theory of Magnetism Magnetic Properties of Materials /

• Main Author: White, Robert M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Springer Series in SOLID-STATE SCIENCES, 32
• Subjects: Physics.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Quantum physics.; Magnetism.; Magnetic materials.; Magnetism, Magnetic Materials.; Quantum Physics.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.
• Physical Description: XII, 362 p. 174 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540690252
• ISSN: 0171-1873 ;

This book provides a unified description of magnetic phenomena through means of the generalized susceptibility. The book begins by discussing the general properties of the susceptibility, its complex nature, its symmetry, and its relation to magnetic fluctuations.Next, the quantum basis of magnetic phenomena is established. The bulk of the book builds on this theoretical foundation to calculate the magnetic response to spatial and time-varying magnetic fields. This provides a natural way of thinking about long-range order, critical phenomena, resonance, etc. A new chapter is included which deals with the magnetic properties of thin film magnetic structures which have many potential applications.