Blundell Slides 1
Blundell Slides 1
Blundell Slides 1
Stephen Blundell
University of Oxford
Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Lagrangian for a charged particle in a magnetic field
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Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
p = mv + qA
= Z= ··· exp( E({ri , pi }) dr1 · · · drN dp1 · · · dpN
F =kB T log Z
⇥
F
M=
B T
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Orbtial magnetism – connection to angular momentum
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Spin
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Spin
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Spin
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Spin
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Spin
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Spin
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Spin arrangements
⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥
⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥
⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ antiferromagnet
⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥
⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥ ⇥
ferromagnet
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Spin precession
spin precession
E-fields don’t do
this to electric
dipole moments
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Spin precession
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Spin precession
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Spin matrices and states
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Spin precession
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Spin precession
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Hamiltonian for electrons in an atom in a B field
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S. J. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP, 2001)
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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Orbitals
s-orbitals
p-orbitals
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S. J. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP, 2001)
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Orbitals
d-orbitals
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S. J. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP, 2001)
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Magnetic atoms and ions
3d
4f
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S. J. Blundell, Magnetism in Condensed Matter (OUP, 2001)
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Transition metal
(3d) ions
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Transition metal
(3d) ions
CuII = 3d9
Partially filled 3d shell gives
rise to a magnetic moment
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Crystal field
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A parable: p-orbitals
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A parable: p-orbitals
⇥
L̂z = i imaginary, |m eigenfunctions
⇥
|pz = |0
|1⇥ + | 1⇥ note that these contain
|px ⇥ = ⇤ the eigenfunctions |m and
2 | m⇥ in equal mixtures
|1⇥ | 1⇥
|py ⇥ = ⇤
2i 54
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d-orbitals
|2, ±2i
sin2 ✓e±2i
|2, 0i
3 cos2 ✓ 1
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d-orbitals
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Example (1)
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Example (2)
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Outline
1. Bohr-van Leeuwen theorem
2. Orbital magnetism
3. Spin magnetism
4. Spin precession
5. Hund’s rules
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