Magnetism: Fundamentals, Materials and Applications

3rd Auflage 2002
ISBN: 978-0-387-33560-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 507 Seiten, Book + Online Access, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm

This book begins with a phenomenological treatment of magnetism, introducing magnetic effects at the atomic, mesoscopic and macroscopic levels. This is followed by a section on atomic aspects of magnetism, and finally a presentation of magneto-caloric, magneto-elastic, magneto-optical and magneto-transport coupling effects.

Zielgruppe

Research

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Halbleiter- und Supraleiterphysik
• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Materialwissenschaft: Elektronik, Optik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Magnetismus
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Elektrizität, Elektrodynamik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword - Preface - Acknowledgements - Magnetism, from the dawn of civilization to today - Magnetostatics - Phenomenology of magnetism at the macroscopic scale; Phenomenology of magnetism at the microscopic scale - Ferromagnetism of an ideal system - Irreversibility of magnetization processes, and hysteresis in real ferromagnetic materials: the role of defects - Magnetism in the localixed electron model - Magnetism in the itinerant electron model - Exchange interactions - Thermodynamic aspects of magnetism - Magnetocaloric coupling and related effects - Magnetoelastic effects - Magneto-optical effects - Magnetic resistivity, magnetoresistance, and the Hall effect - Appendices - General references - Index by materials - Index by subject