Electronic structure, correlation effects and physical properties of d- and f-metals and their compounds

The book includes all main physical properties of d- and

f-transition-metal systems and corresponding theoretical concepts. Special attention is paid to the theory of magnetism and transport

phenomena. Some examples of non-traditional questions which are treated

in detail in the book: the influence of density of states singularities

on electron properties; many-electron description of strong itinerant

magnetism; mechanisms of magnetic anisotropy; microscopic theory of

anomalous transport phenomena in ferromagnets. Besides considering

classical problems of solid state physics as applied to transition

metals, modern developments in the theory of correlation effects in d-

and f-compounds are considered within many-electron models. The book

contains, where possible, a simple physical discussion. More difficult

questions are considered in Appendices.