This textbook by Ralph Skomski covers models of magnetism and their crucial role in scientific progress. It provides an overview of simple and complex models, with an accessible writing style and limited mathematics. The book is intended for students and professionals who want to gain insight into magnetism and related phenomena.
Contents
Models of magnetism have played an important role in the development of the natural and engineering sciences. This book presents the field as a whole, from simple quantum-mechanical and micromagnetic models to modern topics such as nanomagnetism and spintronics. It clearly distinguishes between simple and overly simplistic models, and discusses the applications and limitations of each approach. Key themes include moment, Curie temperature, anisotropy, and coercivity, along with ‘exotic’ topics such as the polymer analogy for magnetic phase transitions.
Product details
- Author: Ralph Skomski (Center for Materials Research and Analysis, University of Nebraska)
- Series: Oxford Graduate Texts
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publication date: 2008-01-17
- Number of pages: 366
- ISBN: 9780198570752
- Theme: Electricity, electromagnetism and magnetism
- BISAC: SCIENCE / Physics / Electricity
About the author
Ralph Skomski is a Research Associate Professor at the University of Nebraska and has extensive experience in research on magnetism, including at MPI fur Mikrostrukturphysik and Trinity College Dublin. He received his PhD in 1991 from TU Dresden for a dissertation on partially ordered magnetic materials.