Magnetocrystalline anisotropy energy of a transition metal monolayer: A non-perturbative theory

Solid State Communications

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 639-643

  Moos, T H ^a   Hubner W ^a   Bennemann, K H ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

A. magnetic films and multilayers; D. electronic band structure; D. spin orbit effects

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BINDING ENERGY; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; INTERPOLATION; IRON; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MONOLAYERS; NICKEL; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES;

ANISOTROPY ENERGY; HYBRIDIZATION; SPIN ORBIT EFFECTS;

TRANSITION METALS;

EID: 0030150250     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-1098(95)00808-X     Document Type: Article

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