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Review paper: Fermi surfaces of the ferromagnetic transition metals

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Recent experimental studies of the electronic properties of the 3d ferromagnets iron, cobalt, and nickel are reviewed in relation to models for the majority-spin and minority-spin band structures and Fermi surfaces. Attention is focussed on the experimentally observed consequences of spin-orbit coupling; this interaction causes the band structures and Fermi surfaces of these metals to depend on the orientation of the magnetization vector, and it can result in the formation of “spin-hybridized” sheets of the Fermi surface. A discussion is also given of the use of the de Haas-van Alphen effect to search for changes in the ferromagnetic band splitting as a function of temperature.

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A review based on two lectures given at the Mont Tremblant International Summer School on Transition Metals, Alloys, and Magnetism (Mont Tremblant, Québec, Canada, July 22–August 3, 1973).

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Gold, A.V. Review paper: Fermi surfaces of the ferromagnetic transition metals. J Low Temp Phys 16, 3–42 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00655857

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