Hund's-Rule Coupling Effect in Itinerant Ferromagnetism
Author(s) -
Takuya Okabe
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
progress of theoretical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1347-4081
pISSN - 0033-068X
DOI - 10.1143/ptp.98.331
Subject(s) - ferromagnetism , physics , condensed matter physics , degeneracy (biology) , hubbard model , lattice (music) , coupling (piping) , quantum mechanics , superconductivity , materials science , metallurgy , bioinformatics , acoustics , biology
We present a general model which includes the ferromagnetic Kondo lattice andthe Hubbard model as special cases. The stability of the ferromagnetic state isinvestigated variationally. We discuss the mechanism of ferromagnetism inmetallic nickel, emphasizing the importance of orbital degeneracy and theeffect of the Hund's-rule coupling.Comment: 19 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Prog.Theor.Phy
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