Ferromagnetic state and phase transitions
General Physics
2011-06-21 v1
Abstract
Evidence is summarized attesting that the standard exchange field theory of ferromagnetism by Heisenberg has not been successful. It is replaced by the crystal field and a simple assumption that spin orientation is inexorably associated with the orientation of its carrier. It follows at once that both ferromagnetic phase transitions and magnetization must involve a structural rearrangement. The mechanism of structural rearrangements in solids is nucleation and interface propagation. The new approach accounts coherently for ferromagnetic state and its manifestations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.3795,
title = {Ferromagnetic state and phase transitions},
author = {Yuri Mnyukh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.3795},
year = {2011}
}
Comments
Based on the material published in Fundamentals of Solid-State Phase Transitions, Ferromagnetism and Ferroelectricity, 2nd Ed., DirectScientific Press (2010)