Dynamics of Transition Metals and Alloys

by S. Prakash

. What is the mechanism of the origin of phonon anomalies? Is there any relationship between the phonon anomalies and the structural phase transition? Do the magnetic interactions also contribute significantly to these anomalous characteristics? At least some of the questions, if not all, can be answered by an appropriate microscopic theory of lattice vibrations of these materials. This book examines the central questions mentioned above and their possible solutions with particular reference to transition metals, rare earth metals, their compounds and alloys. The book coherently presents the microscopic theories which have been developed in the last four decades. The available experimental data are presented with an emphasis on their anomalous features

552 pages, Hardcover

First published May 21, 1998