| Reviews |
| - 'I can warmly recommend this book to anyone considering giving a course on magnetism and for those students of condensed matter physics, who have no access to such a course ... it is also very useful and enjoyable reading for those who have been working in magnetism for some time and have felt the lack of a systematic review of the subject. |s' - Contemporary Physics
- '... the reader or student obtains a very thorough and systematic background in which to place the large variety of subject matter.' - Contemporary Physics
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| Description | | - Superb text in the new Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics
- Unique in covering fundamental principles, experimental techniques and technological applications.
- Key points highlighted throughout
- Includes tutorial material- illustrations, examples and problem sets
- Detailed appendices to aid understanding
- Lucid exposition of the key physical concepts and ideas
| An understanding of the quantum mechanical nature of magnetism has led to the development of new magnetic materials which are used as permanent magnets, sensors, and information storage. Behind these practical applications lie a range of fundamental ideas, including symmetry breaking, order parameters, excitations, frustration, and reduced dimensionality.
This superb new textbook presents
a logical account of these ideas, staring from basic concepts in electromagnetsim and quantum mechanics. It outlines the origin of magnetic moments in atoms and how these moments can be affected by their local environment inside a crystal. The different types of interactions which can be present between magnetic moments are described. The final chapters of the book are devoted to the magnetic
properties of metals, and to the complex behaviour which can occur when competing magnetic interactions are present and/or the system has a reduced dimensionality.
Throughout the text, the theorectical principles are applied to real systems. There is substantial discussion of experimental techniques and current reserach topics. The book is copiously illustrated and contains detailed
appendices which cover the fundamental principles. |
Readership: Final year undergraduate (US: first year graduate) students in physics and materials science.
| Contents |
1.
Introduction
2.
Isolated magnetic moments
3.
Environments
4.
Interactions
5.
Order and magnetic structures
6.
Order and broken symmetry
7.
Magnetism in metals
8.
Competing interactions and low dimensionality
Appendix A: Units in Electromagnetism
Appendix B: Electromagnetism
Appendix C: Quantum and atomic physics
Appendix D: Energy in magnetism and demagnetism
Appendix E: Stastical mechanics
Appendix F: List of symbols
Index
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| Authors, editors,
and contributors |
Stephen Blundell, Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford
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