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Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 1 / 14
Magnetic Interactions
The simple theory of paramagnetism considered in the previous lecture
assumes that the discrete sources of magnetic moment (localized
moments of partially filled shells in insulators containing transitional
metal ions, conduction electrons) do not interact with each other
The assumption about noninteracting magnetic moments must be
dropped to describe variety of phenomena caused by magnetic
interactions. For instance, some materials known as ferromagnets
have a nonvanishing magnetic moment , or spontaneous
magnetization even in the absence of a magnetic field
Ones first expectation might be that the magnetic interactions
between discrete moments arise from their magnetic fields. In most of
the cases, however, the dominant source of magnetic interaction is
ordinary is the ordinary electrostatic electron-electron interaction.
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 2 / 14
Exchange Interaction
When we use the term magnetic interactions we mean the
dependence of the energy of two or more magnetic moments on their
relative orientation. The main cause of ferromagnetism is the
so-called exchange interaction or exchange energy, which is due to: i)
Coulomb interaction between electrons; ii) Pauli exclusion principle
Because of the Pauli principle the energy of a two-electron system
(e.g. diatomic molecule) strongly depends on the relative orientation
of electron spins even though the Hamiltonian is spin-independent
and contains only Coulomb interactions.
Since the Coulomb force between electrons is several orders stronger
than the direct interaction arising from their magnetic fields the scale
of the exchange interaction is several orders of magnitude larger than
that of the magnetic dipole-dipole interaction
The exchange interaction is of purely quantum mechanical nature and
does not have a classical analogue.
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
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April 16, PHYS
2014 743 3 / 14
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4
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 4 / 14
J = (Es Et )/2
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 5 / 14
X
Hi = Si
Jij Sj + gB H
(2)
j6=i
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 6 / 14
1 X
Jij Sj
gB
(3)
j6=i
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 7 / 14
zJ
,
n(gB )2
and z is the number of the nearest neighbors in a crystal lattice.
Then we can calculate M using the Brillouin function:
gB S(H + M )
M = n gB S BS
T
=
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
(5)
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, PHYS
2014 743 8 / 14
Critical Temperature
Eq. (5) is a transcendental equation for magnetization M
A solution of Eq. (5) exists at any temperature if H 6= 0
When H = 0 Eq. (5) describes spontaneous magnetization. Let us
introduce:
gB S
(H + M )
(6)
=
T
and consider H 0. Then we can rewrite Eq. (5) as
T
= BS ()
(gB S)2 n
(7)
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April 16, PHYS
2014 743 9 / 14
Critical Temperature
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
10
=
2
(gB S) n
3S
(8)
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April 16, 2014
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Magnetization
To find the magnetization M we have to solve Eq. (5) numerically.
The result is shown below
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
3.0
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April 16, 2014
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Magnetic Susceptibility
Our final task is to find the susceptibility . We use:
=
M
H
gB S gB S
=
+
H
T
T
(9)
= ngB SBS0 ()
H
H
(T ) =
(10)
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
(11)
A.G. Petukhov,
April 16, 2014
PHYS 74312 / 14
Magnetic Susceptibility
Eq. (11) can be further simplified if we use Eq. (8)
(T ) =
(12)
(13)
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April 16, 2014
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Magnetic Susceptibility
0.0
0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5
Chapter IV. Magnetism and Phase Transitions Lecture 21: Mean Field Theory of Ferromagnetism
3.0
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April 16, 2014
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