Physics of Spin in Solids: Materials, Methods and Applications (NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 156)

Most recent publications on spin-related phenomena focus on technological aspects of spin-dependent transport, with emphasis on the specific needs of spintronics. The present publication targets rather fundamental problems related to the physics of spin in solids, such as: (1) manifestation of spin and orbital polarization in spectroscopy, including valence and X-ray photoemission, magneto-optics, low-energy electron scattering on the surface; (2) application of new methods for interpretation and determination of magnetic low-lying excitations in the bulk and on the surface; (3) recent progress in evaluation of different type of magnetic forces including spin-orbit and exchange interaction, with subsequent determination of anisotropy and spin-ordering structure; (4) general problems of spin-dependent transport in semiconductors and metals, such as current-caused torque effect on spins at interfaces and spin injection in quantum dot systems; (5) problems in understanding the spin-dependent trends in unconventional superconductors; (6) many-body problems in solid state physics and recent progress in evaluation of self-energy effects; (7) fabrication of new magnetic materials with pre-programmed properties based on assembly from nano-particles, etc. Fulde-Ferrell-Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Like State in Ferromagnet-Superconductor Proximity System....Pages 1-16 Exchange Force Image of Magnetic Surfaces....Pages 17-24 Spin-Dependent Tunnel Currents for Metals or Superconductors With Charge-Density Waves....Pages 25-42 Electronic Structure of Strongly Correlated Materials: Towards a First Principles Scheme....Pages 43-65 Spin-Density Wave and Short-Range Oscillations in Photoemission from Films of CR Metal....Pages 67-84 The Role of Hydration and Magnetic Fluctuations in The Superconducting Cobaltate....Pages 85-99 Holstein-Primakoff Representation for Strongly Correlated Electron Systems....Pages 101-114 Tuning the Magnetism of Ordered and Disordered Strongly-Correlated Electron Nanoclusters....Pages 115-138 Density Functional Calculations Near Ferromagnetic Quantum Critical Points....Pages 139-154 Interplay Between Helicoidal Magnetic Ordering and Superconductivity on the Differential Conductance in HoNi 2 B 2 C/Ag Junctions....Pages 155-160 Ab Initio Calculations of the Optical and Magneto-Optical Properties of Moderately Correlated Systems: Accounting for Correlation Effects....Pages 161-176 Spin-Dependent Transport in Phase-Separated Manganites....Pages 177-194 New Magnetic Semiconductors on the Base of TlB VI -MeB VI Systems (ME-FE, CO, NI, MN; B-S, SE, TE)....Pages 195-206 Localized Magnetic Polaritons in the Magnetic Superlattice with Magnetic Impurity....Pages 207-216 Spin Stability and Low-Lying Excitations in Sr 2 RuO 4 ....Pages 217-242