Renormalization Group Theory: Impact on Experimental Magnetism (Paperback, 2010)

1. Introduction.- 2. History of conventional spin wave theory.- 3. Basic issues of Renormalization Group (RG) theory.- 4. Universality.- 5. Microscopic processes.- 6. Non-relevant magnons.- 7. Crossover phenomena.- 8. Metastability of universality classes.- 9. Relevant and non relevant interactions.- 10. Temperature dependence of the magnon excitation spectra.- 11. Magnetic heat capacity.- 12. Experimental verification of GSW bosons.- 13. Magnets with and without magnon gap (Goldstone mode).- 14. Microscopic details: spin structure, site disorder, two order parameters.- 15. The critical magnetic behaviour.- 16. Thermal lattice expansion and magnetostriction.- 17. The total energy content.- 18. Superconductivity.- 19. Conclusions.