Ferromagnetism from undressing

Authors
Citation
Je. Hirsch, Ferromagnetism from undressing, PHYS REV B, 62(21), 2000, pp. 14131-14139
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
62
Issue
21
Year of publication
2000
Pages
14131 - 14139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(200012)62:21<14131:FFU>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We have recently proposed that superconductivity may be understood as drive n by the undressing of quasiparticles as the superconducting state develops . Similarly we propose here that ferromagnetism in metals may be understood as driven by the undressing of quasiparticles as the ferromagnetic state d evelops. In ferromagnets, the undressing is proposed to occur due to the re duction in bond charge caused by spin polarization, in contrast to supercon ductors where the undressing is proposed to occur due to the reduction in s ite charge caused by (hole) pairing. The undressing process manifests itsel f in the one and two-particle Green's functions as a transfer of spectral w eight from high to low frequencies. Hence it should have universal observab le consequences in one- and two-particle spectroscopies such as photoemissi on and optical absorption.