Magnetism and the Electronic Structure of Crystals (Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences)

This book describes current ab initio band and clusterapproaches in the study of magnetic properties of crystals.In contrast to phenomenological models, such methods enableparticular features of electronic structure and chemicalbonding to be taken into account. In addition to consideringmagnetic interactions in transition metals, alloys andcompounds on the basis of electronic structure calculations,this book analyses the relationship between magneticcharacteristics and chemicalbonding for crystals withitinerant and localized magnetic electrons. Recentprogressin the magnetic theory of solids is reviewed and illustratedfor systems with various types of magnetic ordering. Thelarge number of diagrams and tables provide the reader witha comprehensive picture of the possibilities of contemporarycomputational methods in the theory of magnetism.