Zero-point spin fluctuations and the magnetovolume effect in itinerant-electron magnetism

1995 ◽  
Vol 51 (18) ◽  
pp. 12410-12417 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Z. Solontsov ◽  
D. Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Zero Point ◽  
Spin Fluctuations ◽  
Itinerant Electron ◽  
Magnetovolume Effect

ZERO—POINT SPIN FLUCTUATION EFFECTS IN ANHARMONIC WEAK ITINERANT ELECTRON MAGNETS

1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (01n03) ◽  
pp. 585-588 ◽  
Author(s):  
ALEXANDER SOLONTSOV
Keyword(s):  
Inelastic Neutron Scattering ◽  
Spin Fluctuation ◽  
Landau Theory ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Thermal Fluctuations ◽  
Inelastic Neutron ◽  
Spin Fluctuations ◽  
Itinerant Electron ◽  
Fluctuation Effects

The spin fluctuation theory of weak itinerant magnets is critically reviewed and is shown to be well established in the weak spin anharmonicity limit. A new self—consistent approach is formulated in terms of the Landau theory of phase transitions to account for zero—point and thermal fluctuations in anharmonic itinerant magnets. The role of spin fluctuations and Fermi excitations in MnSi, Ni3Al and ZrZn2 is discussed using the inelastic neutron scattering experiments.

SPIN FLUCTUATIONS AND ANHARMONICITY IN ITINERANT ELECTRON MAGNETISM

2005 ◽  
Vol 19 (24) ◽  
pp. 3631-3681 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. SOLONTSOV
Keyword(s):  
Spin Wave ◽  
Elevated Temperatures ◽  
Equations Of State ◽  
Nonlinear Effects ◽  
Zero Point ◽  
Spin Fluctuations ◽  
Itinerant Electron ◽  
Dynamical Equations ◽  
Wave Regime ◽  
Magnetic Dynamics

The paper overviews recent investigations of thermodynamics and magnetic dynamics of itinerant electron magnets with strongly coupled (anharmonic) spin fluctuations (SF). A novel classification scheme for SF, dependent on their spatial dispersion and quantum effects is presented, including the generalized Fermi liquid (FL), soft-mode (SM), and localized moments (LM) regimes. It is shown that the conventional SCR theory of Moriya holds only in the weak coupling limit of the SM regime and cannot be applied to real magnets where spin anharmonicity induced by zero-point SF is expected to be strong. To account for the effects of strong spin anharmonicity, a variational SM theory of SF is presented. These effects essentially influence thermodynamics of itinerant magnets and affect the criterion for magnetic instabilities, equations of state, low temperature specific heat, non-FL and quantum critical behavior, etc. Nonlinear magnetic dynamics of itinerant magnets is analyzed based on the phenomenological spin-invariant dynamical equations both in the spin wave and relaxational regimes. Macroscopic magnetic dynamics and different mechanisms of magnon damping in the spin wave regime are shown to be essentially different from the results arising for the Heisenberg magnets. The relaxational regime may be strongly influenced by nonlinear effects of mode-mode couplings. The spectrum of overdamped longitudinal SF is shown to be radically changed due to their scattering by magnons, which may result in a quasielasic peak in the SF spectrum and inelastic SF near the magnon frequencies, depending on nonlinear coupling. The quasielastic SF are suppressed at low temperatures and develop at elevated temperatures, dominating near the Curie point. The results are applied to the magnetoresistive manganites.

Spin Fluctuations in Itinerant Electron Antiferromagnetic Cr1-xVx System

1980 ◽  
Vol 49 (2) ◽  
pp. 508-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Takeuchi ◽  
Hiroyuki Sasakura ◽  
Yoshika Masuda
Keyword(s):  
Spin Fluctuations ◽  
Itinerant Electron
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