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<h2 id="exchange-symmetry">Exchange symmetry</h2> <p>Quantum particles are fundamentally indistinguishable. <a href="/facts/Wolfgang_Pauli/Ugk4ubXk">Wolfgang Pauli</a> demonstrated that this is a type of symmetry: states of two particles must be either symmetric or antisymmetric when coordinate labels are exchanged.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> In a simple one-dimensional system with two identical particles in two states ψ a {\displaystyle \psi _{a}} and ψ b {\displaystyle \psi _{b}} the system wavefunction can therefore be written two ways: ψ a ( x 1 ) ψ b ( x 2 ) ± ψ a ( x 2 ) ψ b ( x 1 ) . {\displaystyle \psi _{a}(x_{1})\psi _{b}(x_{2})\pm \psi _{a}(x_{2})\psi _{b}(x_{1}).} Exchanging x 1 {\displaystyle x_{1}} and x 2 {\displaystyle x_{2}} gives either a symmetric combination of the states ("plus") or an antisymmetric combination ("minus"). Particles that give symmetric combinations are called bosons; those with antisymmetric combinations are called fermions. </p><p>The two possible combinations imply different physics. For example, the expectation value of the square of the distance between the two particles is<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a>: 258 ⟨ ( x 1 − x 2 ) 2 ⟩ ± = ⟨ x 2 ⟩ a + ⟨ x 2 ⟩ b − 2 ⟨ x ⟩ a ⟨ x ⟩ b ∓ 2 | ⟨ x ⟩ a b | 2 . {\displaystyle \langle (x_{1}-x_{2})^{2}\rangle _{\pm }=\langle x^{2}\rangle _{a}+\langle x^{2}\rangle _{b}-2\langle x\rangle _{a}\langle x\rangle _{b}\mp 2{\big |}\langle x\rangle _{ab}{\big |}^{2}.} The last term reduces the expected value for bosons and increases the value for fermions but only when the states ψ a {\displaystyle \psi _{a}} and ψ b {\displaystyle \psi _{b}} physically overlap ( ⟨ x ⟩ a b ≠ 0 {\displaystyle \langle x\rangle _{ab}\neq 0} ). </p><p>The physical effect of the exchange symmetry requirement is not a <a href="/facts/Force/533Q1uzq">force</a>. Rather it is a significant geometrical constraint, increasing the curvature of wavefunctions to prevent the overlap of the states occupied by indistinguishable fermions. The terms "exchange force" and "Pauli repulsion" for fermions are sometimes used as an intuitive description of the effect but this intuition can give incorrect physical results.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>: 291 </p> <h2 id="exchange-interactions-between-localized-electron-magnetic-moments">Exchange interactions between localized electron magnetic moments</h2> <p>Quantum mechanical particles are classified as bosons or fermions. The <a href="/facts/Spin%25E2%2580%2593statistics_theorem/j2qqVpez">spin–statistics theorem</a> of <a href="/facts/Quantum_field_theory/VoewsNJV">quantum field theory</a> demands that all particles with <a href="/facts/Half-integer/oJ29mf8G">half-integer</a> <a href="/facts/Spin_(physics)/4Jvp7e8P">spin</a> behave as fermions and all particles with <a href="/facts/Integer/PUwwrawx">integer</a> spin behave as bosons. Multiple bosons may occupy the same <a href="/facts/Quantum_state/7jbxd7Dx">quantum state</a>; however, by the <a href="/facts/Pauli_exclusion_principle/lsBKGeHD">Pauli exclusion principle</a>, no two fermions can occupy the same state. Since <a href="/facts/Electron/L0KBo5cW">electrons</a> have spin 1/2, they are fermions. This means that the overall wave function of a system must be antisymmetric when two electrons are exchanged, i.e. interchanged with respect to both spatial and spin coordinates. First, however, exchange will be explained with the neglect of spin. </p> <h3>Exchange of spatial coordinates</h3> <p>Taking a hydrogen molecule-like system (i.e. one with two electrons), one may attempt to model the state of each electron by first assuming the electrons behave independently (that is, as if the Pauli exclusion principle did not apply), and taking wave functions in position space of Φ a ( r 1 ) {\displaystyle \Phi _{a}(r_{1})} for the first electron and Φ b ( r 2 ) {\displaystyle \Phi _{b}(r_{2})} for the second electron. The functions Φ a {\displaystyle \Phi _{a}} and Φ b {\displaystyle \Phi _{b}} are orthogonal, and each corresponds to an energy eigenstate. Two wave functions for the overall system in position space can be constructed. One uses an antisymmetric combination of the product wave functions in position space: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> Ψ A ( r → 1 , r → 2 ) = 1 2 [ Φ a ( r → 1 ) Φ b ( r → 2 ) − Φ b ( r → 1 ) Φ a ( r → 2 ) ] {\displaystyle \Psi _{\rm {A}}({\vec {r}}_{1},{\vec {r}}_{2})={\frac {1}{\sqrt {2}}}[\Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{1})\Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{2})-\Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{1})\Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{2})]} </td> <td></td> <td>1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The other uses a symmetric combination of the product wave functions in position space: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> Ψ S ( r → 1 , r → 2 ) = 1 2 [ Φ a ( r → 1 ) Φ b ( r → 2 ) + Φ b ( r → 1 ) Φ a ( r → 2 ) ] {\displaystyle \Psi _{\rm {S}}({\vec {r}}_{1},{\vec {r}}_{2})={\frac {1}{\sqrt {2}}}[\Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{1})\Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{2})+\Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{1})\Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{2})]} </td> <td></td> <td>2</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>To treat the problem of the Hydrogen molecule <a href="/facts/Perturbation_theory_(quantum_mechanics)/lYGgk9Ph">perturbatively</a>, the overall <a href="/facts/Hamiltonian_(quantum_mechanics)/5XwK2HmD">Hamiltonian</a> is decomposed into a unperturbed Hamiltonian of the non-interacting hydrogen atoms H ( 0 ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}^{(0)}} and a perturbing Hamiltonian, which accounts for interactions between the two atoms H ( 1 ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}^{(1)}} . The full Hamiltonian is then: </p><p> H = H ( 0 ) + H ( 1 ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}={\mathcal {H}}^{(0)}+{\mathcal {H}}^{(1)}} </p><p>where H ( 0 ) = − ℏ 2 2 m ∇ 1 2 − ℏ 2 2 m ∇ 2 2 − e 2 r a 1 − e 2 r b 2 {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}^{(0)}=-{\frac {\hbar ^{2}}{2m}}\nabla _{1}^{2}-{\frac {\hbar ^{2}}{2m}}\nabla _{2}^{2}-{\frac {e^{2}}{r_{a1}}}-{\frac {e^{2}}{r_{b2}}}} and H ( 1 ) = ( e 2 R a b + e 2 r 12 − e 2 r a 2 − e 2 r b 1 ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}^{(1)}=\left({\frac {e^{2}}{R_{ab}}}+{\frac {e^{2}}{r_{12}}}-{\frac {e^{2}}{r_{a2}}}-{\frac {e^{2}}{r_{b1}}}\right)} </p><p>The first two terms of H ( 0 ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}^{(0)}} denote the <a href="/facts/Kinetic_energy/aJRxUd4p">kinetic energy</a> of the electrons. The remaining terms account for attraction between the electrons and their host protons ( r a 1 / b 2 {\displaystyle r_{a1/b2}} ). The terms in H ( 1 ) {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}^{(1)}} account for the potential energy corresponding to: proton–proton repulsion ( R a b {\displaystyle R_{ab}} ), electron–electron repulsion ( r 12 {\displaystyle r_{12}} ), and electron–proton attraction between the electron of one host atom and the proton of the other ( r a 2 / b 1 {\displaystyle r_{a2/b1}} ). All quantities are assumed to be <a href="/facts/Real_number/R02gw5Pb">real</a>. </p><p>Two eigenvalues for the system energy are found: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> E ± = E ( 0 ) + C ± J e x 1 ± S 2 {\displaystyle \ E_{\pm }=E_{(0)}+{\frac {C\pm J_{\rm {ex}}}{1\pm {\mathcal {S}}^{2}}}} </td> <td></td> <td>3</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>where the E + {\displaystyle E_{+}} is the spatially symmetric solution and E − {\displaystyle E_{-}} is the spatially antisymmetric solution, corresponding to Ψ S {\displaystyle \Psi _{\rm {S}}} and Ψ A {\displaystyle \Psi _{\rm {A}}} respectively. A variational calculation yields similar results. H {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}} can be diagonalized by using the position–space functions given by Eqs. (1) and (2). In Eq. (3), C {\displaystyle C} is the two-site two-electron Coulomb integral (It may be interpreted as the repulsive potential for electron-one at a particular point Φ a ( r → 1 ) 2 {\displaystyle \Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{1})^{2}} in an <a href="/facts/Electric_field/tt4MooBs">electric field</a> created by electron-two distributed over the space with the probability density Φ b ( r → 2 ) 2 ) {\displaystyle \Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{2})^{2})} , S {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}} <a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a> is the overlap integral, and J e x {\displaystyle J_{\mathrm {ex} }} is the exchange integral, which is similar to the two-site Coulomb integral but includes exchange of the two electrons. It has no simple physical interpretation, but it can be shown to arise entirely due to the anti-symmetry requirement. These integrals are given by: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> C = ∫ Φ a ( r → 1 ) 2 ( 1 R a b + 1 r 12 − 1 r a 1 − 1 r b 2 ) Φ b ( r → 2 ) 2 d 3 r 1 d 3 r 2 {\displaystyle C=\int \Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{1})^{2}\left({\frac {1}{R_{ab}}}+{\frac {1}{r_{12}}}-{\frac {1}{r_{a1}}}-{\frac {1}{r_{b2}}}\right)\Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{2})^{2}\,d^{3}r_{1}\,d^{3}r_{2}} </td> <td></td> <td>4</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td> S = ∫ Φ b ( r → 2 ) Φ a ( r → 2 ) d 3 r 2 {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}=\int \Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{2})\Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{2})\,d^{3}r_{2}} </td> <td></td> <td>5</td></tr></tbody></table> <table><tbody><tr><td> J e x = ∫ Φ a ∗ ( r → 1 ) Φ b ∗ ( r → 2 ) ( 1 R a b + 1 r 12 − 1 r a 1 − 1 r b 2 ) Φ b ( r → 1 ) Φ a ( r → 2 ) d 3 r 1 d 3 r 2 {\displaystyle J_{\rm {ex}}=\int \Phi _{a}^{*}({\vec {r}}_{1})\Phi _{b}^{*}({\vec {r}}_{2})\left({\frac {1}{R_{ab}}}+{\frac {1}{r_{12}}}-{\frac {1}{r_{a1}}}-{\frac {1}{r_{b2}}}\right)\Phi _{b}({\vec {r}}_{1})\Phi _{a}({\vec {r}}_{2})\,d^{3}r_{1}\,d^{3}r_{2}} </td> <td></td> <td>6</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although in the hydrogen molecule the exchange integral, Eq. (6), is negative, Heisenberg first suggested that it changes sign at some critical ratio of internuclear distance to mean radial extension of the atomic orbital.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a> </p> <h3>Inclusion of spin</h3> <p>The symmetric and antisymmetric combinations in Equations (1) and (2) did not include the spin variables (α = spin-up; β = spin-down); there are also antisymmetric and symmetric combinations of the spin variables: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> α ( 1 ) β ( 2 ) ± α ( 2 ) β ( 1 ) {\displaystyle \alpha (1)\beta (2)\pm \alpha (2)\beta (1)} </td> <td></td> <td>7</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>To obtain the overall wave function, these spin combinations have to be coupled with Eqs. (1) and (2). The resulting overall wave functions, called <a href="/facts/Spin-orbital/tKhgl6mL">spin-orbitals</a>, are written as <a href="/facts/Slater_determinant/oKfv2Av0">Slater determinants</a>. When the orbital wave function is symmetrical the spin one must be anti-symmetrical and vice versa. Accordingly, E + {\displaystyle E_{+}} above corresponds to the spatially symmetric/spin-singlet solution and E − {\displaystyle E_{-}} to the spatially antisymmetric/spin-triplet solution. </p><p><a href="/facts/John_Hasbrouck_Van_Vleck/6tfYn4lr">J. H. Van Vleck</a> presented the following analysis:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a> </p> <blockquote><p>The potential energy of the interaction between the two electrons in orthogonal orbitals can be represented by a matrix, say E ex {\displaystyle E_{\textrm {ex}}} . From Eq. (3), the characteristic values of this matrix are C ± J ex {\displaystyle C\pm J_{\textrm {ex}}} . The characteristic values of a matrix are its diagonal elements after it is converted to a diagonal matrix (that is, eigenvalues). Now, the characteristic values of the square of the magnitude of the resultant spin, ⟨ ( s → a + s → b ) 2 ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle ({\vec {s}}_{a}+{\vec {s}}_{b})^{2}\rangle } is S ( S + 1 ) {\displaystyle S(S+1)} . The characteristic values of the matrices ⟨ s → a 2 ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{a}^{\;2}\rangle } and ⟨ s → b 2 ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{b}^{\;2}\rangle } are each 1 2 ( 1 2 + 1 ) = 3 4 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}({\tfrac {1}{2}}+1)={\tfrac {3}{4}}} and ⟨ ( s → a + s → b ) 2 ⟩ = ⟨ s → a 2 ⟩ + ⟨ s → b 2 ⟩ + 2 ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle ({\vec {s}}_{a}+{\vec {s}}_{b})^{2}\rangle =\langle {\vec {s}}_{a}^{\;2}\rangle +\langle {\vec {s}}_{b}^{\;2}\rangle +2\langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } . The characteristic values of the scalar product ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } are 1 2 ( 0 − 6 4 ) = − 3 4 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}(0-{\tfrac {6}{4}})=-{\tfrac {3}{4}}} and 1 2 ( 2 − 6 4 ) = 1 4 {\displaystyle {\tfrac {1}{2}}(2-{\tfrac {6}{4}})={\tfrac {1}{4}}} , corresponding to both the spin-singlet ( S = 0 {\displaystyle S=0} ) and spin-triplet ( S = 1 {\displaystyle S=1} ) states, respectively. </p><p>From Eq. (3) and the aforementioned relations, the matrix E ex {\displaystyle E_{\textrm {ex}}} is seen to have the characteristic value C + J ex {\displaystyle C+J_{\textrm {ex}}} when ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } has the characteristic value −3/4 (i.e. when S = 0 {\displaystyle S=0} ; the spatially symmetric/spin-singlet state). Alternatively, it has the characteristic value C − J ex {\displaystyle C-J_{\textrm {ex}}} when ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } has the characteristic value +1/4 (i.e. when S = 1 {\displaystyle S=1} ; the spatially antisymmetric/spin-triplet state). Therefore, </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> E e x − C + 1 2 J e x + 2 J e x ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ = 0 {\displaystyle E_{\rm {ex}}-C+{\frac {1}{2}}J_{\rm {ex}}+2J_{\rm {ex}}\langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle =0} </td> <td></td> <td>8</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>and, hence, </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> E e x = C − 1 2 J e x − 2 J e x ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle E_{\rm {ex}}=C-{\frac {1}{2}}J_{\rm {ex}}-2J_{\rm {ex}}\langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } </td> <td></td> <td>9</td></tr></tbody></table><p> where the spin momenta are given as ⟨ s → a ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\rangle } and ⟨ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } .</p></blockquote> <p>Dirac pointed out that the critical features of the exchange interaction could be obtained in an elementary way by neglecting the first two terms on the right-hand side of Eq. (9), thereby considering the two electrons as simply having their spins coupled by a potential of the form: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> − 2 J a b ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle \ -2J_{ab}\langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } </td> <td></td> <td>10</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>It follows that the exchange interaction Hamiltonian between two electrons in orbitals Φ a {\displaystyle \Phi _{a}} and Φ b {\displaystyle \Phi _{b}} can be written in terms of their spin momenta s → a {\displaystyle {\vec {s}}_{a}} and s → b {\displaystyle {\vec {s}}_{b}} . This interaction is named the <a href="/facts/Heisenberg_model_(classical)/RpyLfhNX">Heisenberg exchange Hamiltonian</a> or the Heisenberg–Dirac Hamiltonian in the older literature: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> H H e i s = − 2 J a b ⟨ s → a ⋅ s → b ⟩ {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}_{\rm {Heis}}=-2J_{ab}\langle {\vec {s}}_{a}\cdot {\vec {s}}_{b}\rangle } </td> <td></td> <td>11</td></tr></tbody></table> <p> J ab {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}} is not the same as the quantity labeled J ex {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ex}}} in Eq. (6). Rather, J ab {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}} , which is termed the exchange constant, is a function of Eqs. (4), (5), and (6), namely, </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> J a b = 1 2 ( E + − E − ) = J e x − C S 2 1 − S 4 {\displaystyle \ J_{ab}={\frac {1}{2}}(E_{+}-E_{-})={\frac {J_{\rm {ex}}-C{\mathcal {S}}^{2}}{1-{\mathcal {S}}^{4}}}} </td> <td></td> <td>12</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>However, with orthogonal orbitals (in which S {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}} = 0), for example with different orbitals in the <i>same</i> atom, J ab = J ex {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}=J_{\textrm {ex}}} . </p> <h3>Effects of exchange</h3> <p>If J ab {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}} is positive the exchange energy favors electrons with parallel spins; this is a primary cause of <a href="/facts/Ferromagnetism/fH3HFnSl">ferromagnetism</a> in materials in which the electrons are considered localized in the <a href="/facts/Valence_bond_theory/F04YPkfJ">Heitler–London model of chemical bonding</a>, but this model of ferromagnetism has severe limitations in solids (see below). If J ab {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}} is negative, the interaction favors electrons with antiparallel spins, potentially causing <a href="/facts/Antiferromagnetism/aQ124Kh7">antiferromagnetism</a>. The sign of J ab {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}} is essentially determined by the relative sizes of J ex {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ex}}} and the product of C S {\displaystyle C{\mathcal {S}}} . This sign can be deduced from the expression for the difference between the energies of the triplet and singlet states, E − − E + {\displaystyle E_{-}-E_{+}} : </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> E − − E + = 2 ( C S 2 − J e x ) 1 − S 4 {\displaystyle \ E_{-}-E_{+}={\frac {2(C{\mathcal {S}}^{2}-J_{\rm {ex}})}{1-{\mathcal {S}}^{4}}}} </td> <td></td> <td>13</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Although these <i>consequences</i> of the exchange interaction are magnetic in nature, the <i>cause</i> is not; it is due primarily to electric repulsion and the Pauli exclusion principle. In general, the direct magnetic interaction between a pair of electrons (due to their <a href="/facts/Electron_magnetic_moment/guAK2JJ2">electron magnetic moments</a>) is negligibly small compared to this electric interaction. </p><p>Exchange energy splittings are very elusive to calculate for molecular systems at large internuclear distances. However, analytical formulae have been worked out for the <a href="/facts/Hydrogen_molecular_ion/MWh6WYVG">hydrogen molecular ion</a> (see references herein). </p><p>Normally, exchange interactions are very short-ranged, confined to electrons in orbitals on the same atom (intra-atomic exchange) or nearest neighbor atoms (direct exchange) but longer-ranged interactions can occur via intermediary atoms and this is termed <a href="/facts/Superexchange/8j0aHPEB">superexchange</a>. </p> <h2 id="direct-exchange-interactions-in-solids">Direct exchange interactions in solids</h2> <p>In a crystal, generalization of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian in which the sum is taken over the exchange Hamiltonians for all the ( i , j ) {\displaystyle (i,j)} pairs of atoms of the many-electron system gives:. </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> H Heis = 1 2 ( − 2 J ∑ i , j ⟨ S → i ⋅ S → j ⟩ ) = − ∑ i , j J ⟨ S → i ⋅ S → j ⟩ {\displaystyle {\mathcal {H}}_{\text{Heis}}={\frac {1}{2}}\left(-2J\sum _{i,j}\langle {\vec {S}}_{i}\cdot {\vec {S}}_{j}\rangle \right)=-\sum _{i,j}J\langle {\vec {S}}_{i}\cdot {\vec {S}}_{j}\rangle } </td> <td></td> <td>14</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The 1/2 factor is introduced because the interaction between the same two atoms is counted twice in performing the sums. Note that the J {\displaystyle J} in Eq.(14) is the exchange constant J ab {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ab}}} above not the exchange integral J ex {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ex}}} . The exchange integral J ex {\displaystyle J_{\textrm {ex}}} is related to yet another quantity, called the exchange stiffness constant ( A {\displaystyle A} ) which serves as a characteristic of a ferromagnetic material. The relationship is dependent on the crystal structure. For a simple cubic lattice with lattice parameter a {\displaystyle a} , </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> A s c = J ex ⟨ S 2 ⟩ a {\displaystyle A_{sc}={\frac {J_{\text{ex}}\langle S^{2}\rangle }{a}}} </td> <td></td> <td>15</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>For a body-centered cubic lattice, </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> A b c c = 2 J ex ⟨ S 2 ⟩ a {\displaystyle A_{bcc}={\frac {2J_{\text{ex}}\langle S^{2}\rangle }{a}}} </td> <td></td> <td>16</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>and for a face-centered cubic lattice, </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> A f c c = 4 J ex ⟨ S 2 ⟩ a {\displaystyle A_{fcc}={\frac {4J_{\text{ex}}\langle S^{2}\rangle }{a}}} </td> <td></td> <td>17</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The form of Eq. (14) corresponds identically to the <a href="/facts/Ising_model/lvBpj2h1">Ising model</a> of ferromagnetism except that in the Ising model, the <a href="/facts/Dot_product/tNz8MLjT">dot product</a> of the two spin angular momenta is replaced by the scalar product S i j S j i {\displaystyle S_{ij}S_{ji}} . The Ising model was invented by Wilhelm Lenz in 1920 and solved for the one-dimensional case by his doctoral student Ernst Ising in 1925. The energy of the Ising model is defined to be: </p> <table><tbody><tr><td> E = − ∑ i ≠ j J i j ⟨ S i z S j z ⟩ {\displaystyle E=-\sum _{i\neq j}J_{ij}\langle S_{i}^{z}S_{j}^{z}\rangle \,} </td> <td></td> <td>18</td></tr></tbody></table> <h3>Limitations of the Heisenberg Hamiltonian and the localized electron model in solids</h3> <p>Because the Heisenberg Hamiltonian presumes the electrons involved in the exchange coupling are localized in the context of the Heitler–London, or <a href="/facts/Valence_bond_theory/F04YPkfJ">valence bond</a> (VB), theory of chemical bonding, it is an adequate model for explaining the magnetic properties of electrically insulating narrow-band ionic and covalent non-molecular solids where this picture of the bonding is reasonable. Nevertheless, theoretical evaluations of the exchange integral for non-molecular solids that display metallic conductivity in which the electrons responsible for the ferromagnetism are itinerant (e.g. iron, nickel, and cobalt) have historically been either of the wrong sign or much too small in magnitude to account for the experimentally determined exchange constant (e.g. as estimated from the Curie temperatures via T C ≈ 2 ⟨ J ⟩ / 3 k B {\displaystyle T_{C}\approx 2\langle J\rangle /3k_{\textrm {B}}} where ⟨ J ⟩ {\displaystyle \langle J\rangle } is the exchange interaction averaged over all sites). </p><p>The Heisenberg model thus cannot explain the observed ferromagnetism in these materials.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a> In these cases, a delocalized, or Hund–Mulliken–Bloch (molecular orbital/band) description, for the electron wave functions is more realistic. Accordingly, the <a href="/facts/Stoner_model/U8btNVwa">Stoner model</a> of ferromagnetism is more applicable. </p><p>In the Stoner model, the spin-only magnetic moment (in Bohr magnetons) per atom in a ferromagnet is given by the difference between the number of electrons per atom in the majority spin and minority spin states. The Stoner model thus permits non-integral values for the spin-only magnetic moment per atom. However, with ferromagnets μ S = − g μ B [ S ( S + 1 ) ] 1 / 2 {\displaystyle \mu _{S}=-g\mu _{\rm {B}}[S(S+1)]^{1/2}} ( g {\displaystyle g} = 2.0023 ≈ 2) tends to overestimate the total <a href="/facts/Spin_magnetic_moment/fAWlKXh8">spin-only magnetic moment</a> per atom. </p><p>For example, a net magnetic moment of 0.54 μB per atom for Nickel metal is predicted by the Stoner model, which is very close to the 0.61 Bohr magnetons calculated based on the metal's observed saturation magnetic induction, its density, and its atomic weight.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a> By contrast, an isolated Ni atom (<a href="/facts/Electron_configuration/TQjRr22P">electron configuration</a> = 3<i>d</i>84<i>s</i>2) in a cubic crystal field will have two unpaired electrons of the same spin (hence, S → = 1 {\displaystyle {\vec {S}}=1} ) and would thus be expected to have in the localized electron model a total spin magnetic moment of μ S = 2.83 μ B {\displaystyle \mu _{S}=2.83\mu _{\rm {B}}} (but the measured spin-only magnetic moment along one axis, the physical observable, will be given by μ → S = g μ B S → = 2 μ B {\displaystyle {\vec {\mu }}_{S}=g\mu _{\rm {B}}{\vec {S}}=2\mu _{\rm {B}}} ). </p><p>Generally, valence <i>s</i> and <i>p</i> electrons are best considered delocalized, while 4<i>f</i> electrons are localized and 5<i>f</i> and 3<i>d</i>/4<i>d</i> electrons are intermediate, depending on the particular internuclear distances.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a> In the case of substances where both delocalized and localized electrons contribute to the magnetic properties (e.g. rare-earth systems), the <a href="/facts/RKKY_interaction/BSq96tHz">Ruderman–Kittel–Kasuya–Yosida (RKKY)</a> model is the currently accepted mechanism. </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Double-exchange_mechanism/RRxcXT6j">Double-exchange mechanism</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Slater_determinant/oKfv2Av0">Slater determinant</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Superexchange/8j0aHPEB">Superexchange</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Holstein%25E2%2580%2593Herring_method/mWJKWVSs">Holstein–Herring method</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Spin-exchange_interaction/CnsEFgng">Spin-exchange interaction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Multipolar_exchange_interaction/VP5WI2sM">Multipolar exchange interaction</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Antisymmetric_exchange/xVBN0GDP">Antisymmetric exchange</a></li></ul> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Cox, Paul Anthony (1992). <i>Transition Metal Oxides: An Introduction to their Electronic Structure and Properties</i>. International Series of Monographs on Chemistry. Vol. 27. Oxford: Clarendon Press. pp. 148–153. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-19-855570-4.</li> <li>Koch, Erik (2012). <a href="http://www.cond-mat.de/events/correl12/manuscripts/koch.pdf">"Exchange Mechanisms"</a> (PDF). In Pavarini, Eva; Koch, Erik; Anders, Frithjof; Jarrell, Mark (eds.). <a href="https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/136393/files/Modeling%26Simulation_02.pdf"><i>Correlated Electrons: From Models to Materials</i></a> (PDF). Schriften des Forschungszentrums Jülich. Reihe Modeling and Simulation. Jülich: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-89336-796-2.</li> <li>Mattis, Daniel C. (1981). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83238-3_2">"Exchange"</a>. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-83238-3"><i>The Theory of Magnetism I: Statics and Dynamics</i></a>. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences. Vol. 17. pp. 39–66. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-642-83238-3">10.1007/978-3-642-83238-3</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-540-18425-6. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0171-1873">0171-1873</a>.</li> <li>Skomski, Ralph (2020). <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-63101-7_2-1">"Magnetic Exchange Interactions"</a>. In Coey, Michael; Parkin, Stuart (eds.). <i>Handbook of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials</i>. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 1–50. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2F978-3-030-63101-7_2-1">10.1007/978-3-030-63101-7_2-1</a>. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-3-030-63101-7. Retrieved 2024-02-18.</li> <li>Yosida, Kei (1998). <i>Theory of Magnetism</i>. Springer Series in Solid-State Sciences (2 ed.). 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