Magnetism and the Weiss exchange field -- a theoretical analysis motivated by recent experiments

DOI10.1007/S10955-006-9120-0MaRDI QIDQ863504zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors N. E. Zubov

Publication date 26 January 2007

Published in Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504674, http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11850/22835

zbMATH Keywords

ferromagnetisminfrared boundsmagnetic \(\sigma\)-modelmagnetismmean-field theorypositivityreflectiontight-binding modelsWeissfield

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics of magnetic materials (82D40)

Abstract: The huge spin precession frequency observed in recent experiments with spin-polarized beams of hot electrons shot through magnetized films is interpreted as being caused by Zeeman coupling of the electron spins to the so-called Weiss exchange field in the film. A "Stern-Gerlach experiment" for electrons moving through an inhomogeneous exchange field is proposed. The microscopic origin of exchange interactions and of large mean exchange fields, leading to different types of magnetic order, is elucidated. A microscopic derivation of the equations of motion of the Weiss exchange field is presented. Novel proofs of the existence of phase transitions in quantum XY-models and antiferromagnets, based on an analysis of the statistical distribution of the exchange field, are outlined.

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