Ising-type Antiferromagnets - Model Systems in Statistical Physics and in the Magnetism of Exchange Bias

The book deals with selected modern aspects of artificially layered structures and bulk materials involving antiferromagnetic long-range order. Special emphasis is laid on the prototypical behavior of Ising-type model systems. They play a crucial role in the field of statistical physics and, in addition, contribute to the basic understanding of the exchange bias phenomenon in MBE-grown magnetic heterosystems.  Throughout the book, particular attention is given to the interplay between experimental results and their theoretical description, ranging from the famous Lee-Yang theory of phase transitions to novel mechanisms of exchange bias.

List of contents

Introduction.- Part I: Model Systems in Statistical Physics.- Ising-type antiferromagnets: model systems in statistical physics.- Part II: Exchange Bias.- Ferromagnetic thin films for perpendicular and planar exchange bias systems.- Exchange bias in magnetic heterosystems.- Summary.

Summary

The book deals with selected modern aspects of artificially layered structures and bulk materials involving antiferromagnetic long-range order. Special emphasis is laid on the prototypical behavior of Ising-type model systems. They play a crucial role in the field of statistical physics and, in addition, contribute to the basic understanding of the exchange bias phenomenon in MBE-grown magnetic heterosystems.  Throughout the book, particular attention is given to the interplay between experimental results and their theoretical description, ranging from the famous Lee-Yang theory of phase transitions to novel mechanisms of exchange bias.

Product details

• Authors: Christian Binek
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642073311
• ISBN: 978-3-642-07331-1
• No. of pages: 120
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 235 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 213 g
• Illustrations: X, 120 p.
• Series: Springer Tracts in Modern Physics; Springer Tracts in Modern Physics; Springer Tracts in Modern Physics. Ergebnisse der exakten Naturwissenschaften
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; C, Atoms, Physics, Complex systems, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Condensed matter, Materials / States of matter, Physics and Astronomy, Electricity, electromagnetism & magnetism, Magnetism, Magnetic materials, Magnetism, Magnetic Materials, Dynamical systems, Dynamics & statics, Statistical physics, Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics, Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems