Rare Earth Magnetism

The aim of the authors in this monograph has not been to present a comprehensive review of the magnetic properties of rare earth metals, but rather to present a unified and coherent account of a limited but important area of rare earth magnetism, the magnetic structures and excitations, which both reflect the nature of the fundamental magnetic interactions and determine many of the characteristic properties of the metals.

The authors have tried to concentrate on the essential principles and their applications to typical examples, generally restricting the discussion to the pure elements and considering alloys and compounds only when they are necessary to illuminate particular topics.