Magnetism in the Solid State

A Historical Introduction. - Consequences of Fermi Statistics. - Paramagnetism. - Energy Bands in the Crystal. - Experimental Basis of Ferromagnetism. - Weiss Molecular Field Model. - Heisenberg Model. - Itinerant Electrons at 0 K. - Band Gap Theory of Strong Ferromagnetism. - Magnetism and the Crystal Structure Covalent Magnetism. - Magnetic Impurities in an Electron Gas. - Itinerant Electrons at T > 0: A Historical Survey. - Hubbard Model. - Landau Theory for the Stoner Model. - Coupling Between Itinerant and Localized Moments. - Origin of the Molecular Field. - Exchange and Correlation in Metals. - Spin Fluctuations. - Single Particle Excitations Versus Spin Waves. - Landau-Ginzburg Model for Spin Fluctuations. - Conclusion and Lookout.