Syllabus
FPL153
Magnetic moments of ions of transition metals (f- and d-electrons).
Free ions, intraatomic correlations, spin and orbital moment, total moment.
Ions in condensed matter, changes and moment instabilities, connection with electronic structure.
Interactions of f- and d-electrons with crystal field, consequences for magnetic moments.
Magnetocrystalline anisotropy.
Hybridization of states of magnetic electrons with ligand states (hybridization of d-electrons, hybridization of f-electrons).
Exchange interactions, types of exchange interactions, origin of magnetic ordering.
Bulk experimental methods, direct and indirect.
Microscopic experimental methods, interaction of electromagnetic waves and particles with matter.
Annotation
Magnetic moment formation. Interaction of magnetic electrons with crystal field. Hybridization of magnetic states with ligand states.
Exchange interactions. Correlation. Magnetic ordering. Principle experiments.