Temperature Dependence of the Exchange Splitting in Ferromagnetic Metals II. The Study of Stoner Excitations by the de Haas–van Alphen Effect

Abstract

It is shown that the de Haas–van Alphen (dHvA) effect in ferromagnetic metals can give information about the Stoner T2 term in the temperature dependence of the magnetization, without interference from spin wave contributions. In particular, the temperature dependence of the dHvA frequency for a very weak itinerant electron ferromagnet could distinguish clearly between conflicting theories of these materials.