Physics “Advanced Electronic Structure” Lecture 7.2. Calculations of Magnetic Interactions Contents: 1.Non-collinear SDFT. 2.Applications to Magnetic Anisotropy Problem 3. Spin Spirals and Frozen Magnon Method, Curie Temperatures 3. Magnetic Force Theorem and Exchange Constants 4. Extensions for Strongly Correlated Systems 5. Recent Applications to Mott Insulators
Non-Collinear SDFT.
Magnetic Anisotropy Problem in Fe, Ni: Problems with LDA
Magnetic Anisotropy Energy in Fe and Ni.
Spin Spirals and Frozen Magnon Method.
(Sandrztzky, 1986)
Relationship to Heisenberg Hamiltonian
Calculated Spin Spirals for Fe, Co, Ni
Calculations of Magnon Dispersions.
Frozen Magnons for Fe.
Frozen Magnons for Co.
Frozen Magnons for Ni.
Extracted Exchange Constants for Fe.
Magnetization vs Temperature for Fe.
Calculated Curie Temperatures for Fe, Co, Ni.
Magnetic Force Theorem. (Lichtenstein, 1986)
Expressions for Exchange Constants.
Goldstone Theorem.
Spin Wave Spectra from Magnetic Force Theorem. (Antropov, 2002)
Low Frequency Parts of Spin Waves Spectra.
Extensions for Strongly Correlated Systems.
Exchange Constants for Strongly Correlated Systems.
Spin Waves in NiO.
Calculated Neel Temperatures in Transition Metal Oxides.