Quantum theory of magnetism
Introduction
Lecture 0. About the lecture course [slides]
Lecture 1. Introduction, Magnetic susceptibility; Dia-, para-, ferro- and antiferromagnetism [slides]
Lecture 2. Dia-, para-, ferro- and antiferromagnetism, dipole-dipole interaction, Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem [slides]
Magnetism of free ions
Lecture 3. Spin, orbital, and total moments. Hund's rules, spin-orbit coupling, atomic diamagnetism [slides]
Lecture 4. Atomic diamagnetism, Van Vleck paramagnetism [slides]
Magnetism of ions in a crystal
Lecture 4. Spherical and cubic harmonics, crystal-field splitting in a nut shell [slides]
Lecture 5. Application of the group theory for calculation of crystal-fields [slides]
Lecture 6. The Jahn-Teller effect [slides]
Lecture 7. Intra-atomic exchange interaction, spin-state transitions, orbital moment quenching [slides]
Lecture 8. Curie law [slides]
Correlation effects
Lecture 9. Second quantization. Tight-binding approximation [slides]
Lecture 10. Mott insulators. Hubbard model. Metal-insulator transitions [slides]
Lecture 11. Aproximate solutions of Hubbard model. Stoner model [slides]
Lecture 12. Mean-field approximation for Hubbard model. Different types of strongly correlated insulators. Doping of Mott insulators [slides]
Heisenberg-like models
Lecture 13. Derivation of the Heisenberg model, anisotropic part of exchange interaction. Other spin models [slides]
Lecture 14. Connection between Hubbard and Heisenberg models, interplay between spin and orbital degrees of freedom, Goodenough - Kanamori - Anderson rules [slides]
Lecture 15. Kugel-Khomskii model, superexchange interaction, double exchange [slides]
Different approaches to Heisenberg model
Lecture 16. Magnetic spirals, Luttinger-Tizsa method for classical Heisenberg model [slides]
Lecture 17. Mean-field approximation to Heisenberg model, Curie-Weiss law [slides]
Lecture 18. Spin-wave theory for ferromagnets, Bloch law, Mermin-Wagner theorem [slides]
Lecture 19. Spin-wave theory for antiferromagnets [slides]
Low-dimensional magnetism
Lecture 19. Dimers, the spin gaps, AFM chains in Ising and Heisenberg models [slides]
Lecture 20. 2D Ising model, frustration
Lecture 21. Spin ice, magnetic monopoles, order-by-disorder
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