Magnetism and the weiss exchange field-a theoretical analysis motivated by recent experiments

Journal of Statistical Physics

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-124

  Albert, C ^a   Ferrari, L ^a,b   Frohlich J ^a   Schlein, B ^a,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Collegio Papio ^*  (Switzerland)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetism; Infrared bounds; Magnetic model; Magnetism; Mean field theory; Reflection positivity; Tight binding models; Weissfield

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750826819     PISSN: 00224715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10955-006-9120-0     Document Type: Article

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