Magnetism in Condensed Matter PDF Download Ebook. Stephen Blundell describes the modern theory of the magnetic properties of solids. Starting from fundamental principles, this copiously illustrated volume outlines the theory of magnetic behaviour, describes experimental techniques, and discusses current research topics. The book is intended for final year undergraduate students and graduate students in the physical sciences.
Written for undergraduates who have knowledge of basic quantum mechanics, electromagnetism, and some atomic physics, this clearly organized text introduces magnetism in condensed matter systems. The chapters are laid out with tables, annotation, and some of the figures incorporated into the wide outside margins. Lists of reading and exercises conclude each chapter but the last, which is devoted to new topics and unanswered problems in the field.
This book has grown out of a course of lectures given to third and fourth year undergraduates at Oxford University who have chosen a condensed matter physics option. There was an obvious need for a text which treated the fundamentals but also provided background material and additional topics which could not be covered in the lectures. The aim was to produce a book which presented the subject as a coherent whole, provided useful and interesting source material, and might be fun to read.
The book also forms part of the Oxford Master Series in Condensed Matter Physics; the other volumes of the series cover electronic properties, optical properties, superconductivity, structure and soft condensed matter. The prerequisites for this book are knowledge of basic quantum mechanics and electromagnetism and a familiarity with some results from atomic physics. These are summarized in appendices for easy access for the reader and to present a standardized notation.
Author describes some of the subtle and complex effects which can occur when competing magnetic interactions are present and/or the system has a reduced dimensionality. These topics are the subject of intense research activity and there are many outstanding questions which remain to be resolved. Throughout the text, author discusses properties and applications to demonstrate the implications of all these ideas for real materials, including ferrites, permanent magnets and also the physics behind various magneto-optical and magnetoresistance effects which have become of enormous technological importance in recent years.
This is a book for physicists and therefore the emphasis is on the clear physical principles of quantum mechanics, symmetry, and electromagnetism which underlie the whole field. However this is not just a 'theory book' but attempts to relate the subject to real measurements and experimental techniques which are currently used by experimental physicists and to bridge the gulf between the principles of elementary undergraduate physics and the topics of current research interest.
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