Magnetic Structure Determination

This book presents the theoretical concepts needed to understand how to determine and classify a magnetic structure. It is written for a non-expert audience, providing an accessible introduction to the topic in a concise manner, with all the essential concepts that beginners need to know. These concepts are illustrated with several examples providing a practical, hands-on approach to the subject.
The following topics are covered:
* Symmetry in physics and group theory concepts
* Point and space groups
* Scattering theory concepts: nuclear case (neutrons and X-ray)
* Elastic coherent scattering; single crystal and powders
* Magnetism concepts; description of magnetic structures (Fourier coefficients etc...)
* Irreducible representations of a group
* Landau theory of phase transitions
* Neutron Magnetic Scattering
* Solving and Classifying a magnetic structure
* Magnetic space groups and magnetic super-space groups.
* Typical experiments and software