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Book SynopsisThe book, in the broadest sense, is an application of quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics to the field of magnetism. It can be used for parts of a specialized course on material properties or solid-state physics and magnetism.
Trade ReviewI highly endorse this second edition. The additional topics put it at the very cutting edge. It should be well received. * S. D. Bader, Argonne National Laboratory *
This second edition is well overdue. There is a clear potential demand for the proposed revision, and the proposed content is appropriate and well structured. * David Cardwell, University of Cambridge *
Table of ContentsIntroduction 1.1: Basic Facts 1.2: Itinerant electrons 1.3: How to proceed Density-Functional Theory 2.1: Born-Oppenheimer approximation 2.2: Hartree-Fock approximation 2.3: Density-functional theory 2.4: The electron spin: Dirac theory 2.5: Spin-density-functional theory 2.6: The local-density approximation (LDA) 2.7: Nonuniformly magnetized systems 2.8: The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) Energy-Band Theory 3.1: Bloch's theorem 3.2: Plane waves, orthogonalized plane waves and Pseudopotentials 3.3: Augmented plane waves and Green's functions 3.4: Linear methods Electronic Structure and Magnetism 4.1: Introduction and simple concepts 4.2: The magnetic susceptibility 4.3: Elementary magnetic metals 4.4: Magnetic compounds 4.5: Multilayers 4.6: Relativistic eects 4.7: Berry Phase effects in solids 4.8: Weyl Fermions 4.9: Real-case Weyl Fermions Magnetism at Finite Temperatures 5.1: Density-functional theory at T > 0 5.2: Adiabatic spin dynamics 5.3: Mean-field theories 5.4: Spin uctuations 5.5: Magnetic Skyrmions 5.6: High-temperature approaches References
