Magnetism and the Electronic Structure of Crystals

This treatise describes current ab initio band and cluster approaches in the study of the magnetic properties of crystals. In contrast to phenomenological models, such methods enable particular features of electronic structure and chemical bonding to be taken into account.

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This treatise describes current ab initio band and cluster approaches in the study of the magnetic properties of crystals. In contrast to phenomenological models, such methods enable particular features of electronic structure and chemical bonding to be taken into account. In addition to considering magnetic interactions in transition metals, alloys and compounds on the basis of electronic structure calculations, this book analyzes the relationship between magnetic characteristics and chemical bonding for crystals with itinerant and localized magnetic electrons. Recent progress in the magnetic theory of solids is reviewed and illustrated for systems with various types of magnetic ordering. The large number of diagrams and tables provide the reader with a comprehensive picture of the possibilities of contemporary computational methods in the theory of magnetism.