New perspectives in magnetism of metals
By: Duk Joo Kim.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 461
Subjects: Metals -- Magnetic properties; Magnetism; Free electron theory of metals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 445-4454) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics of an electron gas; title: 2. Basics of magnetism; title: 3. Mean field theory of magnetism of metals : the Stoner model; title: 4. Linear responses of metallic electrons; title: 5. Electron-phonon interaction : the effect of magnetism on lattice vibrations; title: 6. The role of the electron-phonon interaction in the metallic magnetism; title: 7. The volume degree of freedom in itinerant electron ferromagnetism; title: 8. Green's function and Feynman diagrams; title: 9. Feynman diagrams and Green's functions in itinerant electron magentism; title: 10. Charge and spin fluctuations, phonons, and electron correlation; title: appendix A. Lindhard function; title: appendix B. A derivation of the Wick's theorem; title: appendix C. A proof of the relation between thermodynamic potential and the Green's function.