Spin waves and magnetic excitations /
Spin Waves and Magnetic Excitations.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Amsterdam ; Oxford :
North-Holland,
1988.
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| Series: | Modern problems in condensed matter sciences ;
vol. 22.1. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Spin Waves and Magnetic Excitations; Copyright Page; Preface to the Series; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1. Spin Waves in Magnetic Dielectrics Current Status of the Theory; List of symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. On transformations of spin operators; 3. Collinear Heisenberg ferromagnet; 4. Noncollinear Heisenberg ferromagnet; 5. Other spin models; 6. Low-dimensional systems; 7. Low-temperature phase transitions; 8. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; Conferences; References; Chapter 2. Light Scattering from Spin Waves; Abbreviations; List of symbols; 1. Introduction
- 2. Magneto-optic effects and the mechanism of light scattering in magnets3. Raman scattering; 4. Brillouin-Mandelstam light scattering; References; Chapter 3. Optical Magnetic Excitations; List of symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Exciton description of magnetic excitations; 3. Mechanism of the generation of magnetic excitations by light; 4. Dynamics of magnetic excitons; 5. Radiative decay of magnetic excitons; 6. Spectroscopic investigation of spin waves; 7. Conclusion; References; Chapter 4. Spin Waves Above the Threshold of Parametric Excitations; List of symbols; 1. Introduction
- 2. Parametric instability of spin waves in magnetic dielectrics3. S-theory: nonlinear theory of parametrically excited waves; 4. Experimental investigations of the stationary above-threshold state; 5. Nonstationary processes in parametric excitation of spin waves; 6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Theory of Spin Excitations in the Rare Earth Systems; List of symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. The Hamiltonian for rare earth systems; 3. General theoretical framework; 4. Applications and experiments; 5. Concluding remarks; 6. Appendix A; 7. Appendix B; References
- Chapter 6. 4f Moments and Their Interaction with Conduction ElectronsList of symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Description and determination of the CEF; 3. Coupling to conduction electrons; 4. Single-ion effects; 5. Cooperative phenomena; 6. Virtual magnetic excitations: conduction electron effective mass; References to international conferences; References; Chapter 7. Neutron Scattering Studies of Magnetic Excitations in Itinerant Magnets; List of symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Magnetic excitations at low temperatures; 3. Magnetic excitations at finite temperatures; 4. Paramagnetic scattering
- 5. ConclusionReferences; Author Index; Subject Index; Materials Index; Cumulative Index, Volumes 1-22