Methods of Studying Interactions in Magnetic Systems

Syllabus

Basic notions of magnetism. Curie-Weiss law, ferro- and antiferromagnetics.

Classification of magnetics, localized, itinerant systems. Hund's rules, RKKY interaction, Stoner model.

Formation of magnetic moments in diluted alloys. Anderson model. Methods of magnetic measurements.

Specific heat of magnetic materials, magnetic entropy.

Transport propetries - elektric resistivity, Hall effect, termoelectic effect.

Local-probe methods - diffraction, spectroskopic, nuclear, what can be learned.

Annotation

Methods of study of magnetic ordering in solids. Macroscopic and microscopic experimental methods.