A Self-Organised Bilocal Magnetic Field in the Electron Plasma of Metals |
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Authors: | Christofer Cronström Milan Noga |
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Institution: | (1) Theoretical Physics Division, Department of Physical Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 64, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Finland;(2) Department of Theoretical Physics, Comenius University, Mlynska Dolina, 84215 Bratislava, Slovak Republic;(3) Department of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Constantin Philosopher in Nitra, Slovak Republic |
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Abstract: | Within the simplest model of metals, namely a gas of electrons with Coulomb interactions, in the presence of a uniform background of positive charge to enforce electric neutrality of the system, we have derived a mechanism by which the Coulomb interaction between the electrons generates a new kind of magnetism. The ground state of the metal is represented by a magnetically ordered state described by a non-local magnetic field. This non-local magnetic field does not produce spin polarisation of electrons, but induces a special long range correlation between electrons of opposite spin. This mechanism results in a theoretical value for the binding energy per electron, which is lower than the corresponding value for the unmagnetised state of the metal. The new magnetic order, proposed and analysed theoretically here, can in principle be experimentally tested. |
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Keywords: | fermion systems electron gas electronic binding energy magnetic ordering |
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