Itinerant electron magnetism : fluctuation effects ; [proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Itinerant Electron Magnetism ; Fluctuation Effects & Critical Phenomena, Moscow, Russia, September 15-19, 1997

a Summary Of Recent Developments In Theoretical And Experimental Studies Of Fluctuation Effects In Itinerant Electron Magnets, Focusing On Novel Physical Phenomena: Soft-mode Spin Fluctuations And Zero-point Effects, Strong Spin Anharmonicity, Magnetic Frustrations In Metals, Fluctuation Effects In Invar Alloys And Low-dimensional Systems. All Of These May Be Important For Novel High-technology Applications. booknews contains Papers From A September 1997 Workshop, Summarizing Recent Developments And Reporting On New Experimental And Theoretical Results In Itinerant Electron Magnetism. Special Attention Is Paid To Fluctuation Phenomena And Electron Correlation Effects. Subjects Include Spin Fluctuations In Itinerant Frustrated Systems, Soft-mode Spin Fluctuations In Itinerant Electron Magnets, Effects Of Spin Fluctuations In Transition Metals And Alloys, And Electron Acoustic Effects In Metallic Magnetic Multilayers. Annotation C. By Book News, Inc., Portland, Or. Front Matter....Pages i-xi Spin Fluctuations in Itinerant Frustrated Systems....Pages 1-13 Neutron Scattering and μSR Studies of Spin Fluctuations in Frustrated Itinerant Magnets....Pages 15-26 Critical Fluctuations and the Nature of the Néel Transition Near the Triple Point in Chromium Alloys....Pages 27-42 UPd 2 Al 3 : An Analysis of the Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectra....Pages 43-60 Anisotropy of the Generalized Susceptibility in Mn(38%Ni) Alloy in the Magnetic Phase Transition Region....Pages 61-65 Pseudodipolar Interaction and Antiferromagnetism of R 2 CUO 4 Compounds (R=PR,ND, SM and EU)....Pages 67-87 Soft-mode Spin Fluctuations in Itinerant Electron Magnets....Pages 89-121 Effects of Spin Fluctuations in Transition Metals and Alloys....Pages 123-150 The Temperature Dependence of the Enhanced Paramagnetic Susceptibility at Finite Magnetic Field....Pages 151-159 First-Principles Study of Itinerant-Electron Magnets: Ground State and Thermal Properties....Pages 161-192 Molecular Dynamics Approach to Complex Magnetic Structures in Itinerant-Electron Systems....Pages 193-228 Spin Fluctuation Theory Versus Exact Calculations....Pages 229-241 Magnetovolume Effect and Longitudinal Spin Fluctuations in Invar Alloys....Pages 243-259 High Temperature Thermal Expansion of RMn 2 Intermetallic Compounds with Heavy Rare Earth Elements....Pages 261-267 Magnetoelasticity and Isotope Effect in Ferromagnets....Pages 269-284 Spin—Flop and Metamagnetic Transitions in Itinerant Ferrimagnets....Pages 285-302 The Phase Diagram of the Kondo Lattice....Pages 303-308 Pressure Effect on the Magnetic Susceptibility of the YbInCu 4 and GdInCu 4 Compounds....Pages 309-321 Atomic Volume Effect on Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of UGa 3 Compound....Pages 323-335 On the Temperature Dependence of the Electrical Resistivity of Er 0.55 Y 0.45 Co 2 ....Pages 337-344 Electrical Resistivity and Phase Transitions in FeRh Based Compounds: Influence of Spin Fluctuations....Pages 345-351 Resistivity, Magnetoresistance and Hall Effect in Co (100-x) (CuO) x (10≤ x≤ 70 wt.%) Composites....Pages 353-362 Theory of Itinerant-Electron Spin-Glass in Amorphous Fe....Pages 363-373 The Formation of the Magnetic Properties in Disordered Binary Alloys of Metal-Metalloid Type....Pages 375-389 Itinerant Electrons and Superconductivity in Exotic Layered Systems....Pages 391-432 The Multiband Analysis of the Electron Dispersion at the Top of the Valence Band in Undoped Cuprates....Pages 433-436 Spin-Peierls Magnet CuGeO 3 ....Pages 437-450 Electron Acoustic Effects in Metallic Magnetic Multilayers....Pages 451-455 Back Matter....Pages 457-460 Contains papers from a September 1997 workshop, summarizing recent developments and reporting on new experimental and theoretical results in itinerant electron magnetism. Special attention is paid to fluctuation phenomena and electron correlation effects. Subjects include spin fluctuations in itinerant frustrated systems, soft-mode spin fluctuations in itinerant electron magnets, effects of spin fluctuations in transition metals and alloys, and electron acoustic effects in metallic magnetic multilayers. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Itinerant Electron Magnetism: Fluctuation Effects & Critical Phenomena, Moscow, Russia, September 15-19, 1997 Frustration of magnetic interactions gives rise to various interesting properties in the ground state structure and the critical behavior at the transition point.