Itinerant

The physical description of strongly pressure dependent magnetic properties is the object of considerable study. Edwards and Bartel [74E01] have performed the more recent physical evaluation of strong pressure and composition dependence of magnetization in their work on cobalt and manganese substituted invars. Their work contrasts models based on a localized-electron model with a modified Zener model in which both localized- and itinerant-electron effects are incorporated in a unified model. Their work favors the latter model. 

We have used the multisublattice generalization of the coherent potential approximation (CPA) in conjunction with the Linear-MufRn-Tin-Orbital (LMTO) method in the atomic sphere approximation (ASA). The LMTO-ASA is based on the work of Andersen and co-workers and the combined technique allows us to treat all phases on equal footing. To treat itinerant magnetism we have employed for the local spin density approximation (LSDA) the Vosko-Wilk-Nusair parameterization". 

Elmer Ambrose Sperry was born near Cortland, New York, on October 12, 1860. Sperry, whose mostly absent father was a farmer and itinerant worker and whose mother died hours after his birth, was raised by his aunt Helen until she married, as well as by his... 

Forskal, P. (1775). Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskal, Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten niebuhr ed. Hauniae. 

The problem could be stated from another point of view. In an isostructural series the uranium and neptunium compounds tend to be itinerant electron magnets or band magnets (like iron) and their orbital contribution is at least partially quenched. For much heavier actinides we know that the compounds will make local moment magnets with orbital contributions. It is quite possible that in between these two clear cut forms of magnetism that the intermediate case could be dominated by fluctuations, and no recognizable form of magnetism would occur. To state that the... 

It was necessary periodically to generate an adiabatic trajectory in order to obtain the odd work and the time correlation functions. In calculating E (t) on a trajectory, it is essential to integrate E)(t) over the trajectory rather than use the expression for E (T(f)) given earlier. This is because is insensitive to the periodic boundary conditions, whereas j depends on whether the coordinates of the atom are confined to the central cell, or whether the itinerant coordinate is used, and problems arise in both cases when the atom leaves the central cell on a trajectory. 

In this paper, we report MCP of Use and UTe which have been carried out at AR-NE1 station of KEK, Japan, and try to separate the spin and orbital contributions of magnetic moments by combining MCP with the magnetization measurement. Furthermore, we discuss the degree of localization of 5f electrons of these samples by decomposing the MCP into localized component and itinerant component. 

Gas phase transition metal cluster chemistry lies along critical connecting paths between different fields of chemistry and physics. For example, from the physicist s point of view, studies of clusters as they grow into metals will present new tests of the theory of metals. Questions like How itinerant are the bonding electrons in these systems and Is there a metal to non-metal phase transition as a function of size are frequently addressed. On the other hand from a chemist point of view very similar questions are asked but using different terminology How localized is the surface chemical bond and What is the difference between surface chemistry and small cluster chemistry Cluster science is filling the void between these different perspectives with a new set of materials and measurements of physical and chemical properties. 

In the Introduction the problem of construction of a theoretical model of the metal surface was briefly discussed. If a model that would permit the theoretical description of the chemisorption complex is to be constructed, one must decide which type of the theoretical description of the metal should be used. Two basic approaches exist in the theory of transition metals (48). The first one is based on the assumption that the d-elec-trons are localized either on atoms or in bonds (which is particularly attractive for the discussion of the surface problems). The other is the itinerant approach, based on the collective model of metals (which was particularly successful in explaining the bulk properties of metals). The choice between these two is not easy. Even in contemporary solid state literature the possibility of d-electron localization is still being discussed (49-51). Examples can be found in the literature that discuss the following problems high cohesion energy of transition metals (52), their crystallographic structure (53), magnetic moments of the constituent atoms in alloys (54), optical and photoemission properties (48, 49), and plasma oscillation losses (55). 

In the frame of the itinerant model, the surface is represented by a potential barrier of various origins and shapes, in most cases treated as onedimensional problem (e.g., 56-60), without taking into account the potential variation in the plane of the surface3 [with the exception of (61) where this effect is qualitatively discussed in connection with the field ionization probability]. Obviously, the nonlocalized model is suitable and often used for the theoretical interpretation of the changes of the bulk properties of the metals caused by the surface effects (the changes of the electrical resistance, magnetic properties, galvanomagnetic effects, etc.). 

Zener appears to have been the first to consider this problem to some depth in his theoretical work on ferromagnetic crystals of the type l.a. Ca.MnO, (Zener 1951). For x = 0 one has LainMnin03 but for x > 0 some of the Mn will be 4+, and so we have the structure I. a " / a " Mn "(Mn CL in which some Mn-Mn pairs will be mixed valence, that is, MiF Mnj) or MnJ) Mn . Mnm is 3d4 (S = 2) and MnIV is 3d3 (S = 3/2), and Zener proposed that the excess electron (also called itinerant electron or Zener electron) on Mn111 can travel to the MnIV via a doubly-occupied p-orbital of... 

Up to now, in the formulation of a bolometer model, only the heat capacity of itinerant carriers was considered [57], However, our measurements show that, even at 24 mK, the presence of a spurious heat capacity in the thermometer increases the expected value of the pulse rise time. We expect that the spurious contribution in Fig. 12.17 increases down to the temperature of the Schottky peak at T = k.E/khT about 10 mK. Since gc decreases at low temperatures, the total effect on pulse rise time and pulse amplitude can be dramatic at lowest temperatures. In reality, the measured rise time of CUORICINO pulses is about three times longer than that obtained from a model which neglects the spurious heat capacity of the thermistor. For the same reason, also the pulse amplitude is by a factor two smaller than the expected value (see Section 15.3.2). 

The 29Si relaxation rate 7j"1 at 1.6 K vs donor concentration nD shows a sharp decrease between nD = 2.5 x 1018 cm 3 and nu = 6 x 1018 cm 3. This reflects the fact that in the semiconducting regime (lower donor concentrations), the unionized donors are paramagnetic point sources of relaxation for the 29Si nuclei. Their localized electron spins are more effective in inducing relaxation than the itinerant electrons found in a conduction band at the higher donor concentrations [18]. 

The reduced orbital overlap between the radicals reduces the bandwidth and the electronic structures could be better considered as those of a localised rather than itinerant electron system. This poor overlap results in very small antiferromagnetic interactions being observed, and the compounds behave as nearly perfect Curie-Weiss paramagnets. In the cases when improved lateral interactions between the stacks are achieved by change of the substituents85 the compounds behave as weak ID ferromagnets due to the effective orthogonality of the S C interactions. 

Fig. 2 Representation of the ferromagnetic alignment of d localized spins resulting from the interaction with itinerant electrons through short intermolecular contacts...

The competition between these two terms produces a large variety of electronic structures in molecular systems. The condition l U favors itinerant metallic states, whereas the condition t stabilizes localized insulating states. In the latter case, the Hubbard Hamiltonian is reduced to the Heisenberg Hamiltonian... 

Palacio F (1996) In Coronado E, Delhaes P, Gatteschi D, Miller JS (eds) Localized and itinerant molecular magnetism. From molecular assemblies to the devices. Kluwer Academic, NATO ASI Series C 321 5... 

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