This text book gives a comprehensive account of magnetism, one of the oldest yet most vibrant fields of physics. It spans the historical development, the physical foundations and the continuing research underlying the subject. The book covers both the classical and quantum mechanical aspects of magnetism and novel experimental techniques. Perhaps uniquely, it discusses spin transport and magnetization dynamics phenomena associated with atomically and spin engineered nano-structures against the backdrop of spintronics and magnetic storage and memory applications. The book is for students, and serves as a reference for scientists in academia and research laboratories.
The book gives a comprehensive account of magnetism. It spans the historical development, the physical foundations and discusses new and continuing research underlying the field. Magnetisms fundamental physical concepts are reviewed in a coherent fashion.
Fields and Moments.- Electric Fields, Currents, and Magnetic Fields.-
Magnetic Moments and their Interactions with Magnetic Fields.- Time Dependent
Fields.- Polarized Electromagnetic Waves.- History and Concepts of Magnetic
Interactions.- Exchange, SpinOrbit, and Zeeman Interactions.- Electronic and
Magnetic Interactions in Solids.- Polarized Electron and X-Ray Techniques.-
Polarized Electrons and Magnetism.- Interactions of Polarized Photons with
Matter.- X-rays and Magnetism: Spectroscopy and Microscopy.- Properties of
and Phenomena in the Ferromagnetic Metals.- The Spontaneous Magnetization,
Anisotropy, Domains.- Magnetism of Metals.- Topics in Contemporary
Magnetism.- Surfaces and Interfaces of Ferromagnetic Metals.- Electron and
Spin Transport.- Ultrafast Magnetization Dynamics.
