QUANTUM MAGNETISM

By JOSEPH PEREZ

A GENTLE INTRODUCTION TO THE FUNCTIONAL RENORMALIZATION GROUP: THE KONDO EFFECT IN QUANTUM DOTS A SIMPLE VIEW ON THE QUANTUM HALL SYSTEM HALFVORTICES IN FLAT NANOMAGNETS SPIN STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICAL MAGNETIC RESPONSE OF SPIN-ORBITAL POLARONS IN LIGHTLY DOPED COBALTATES QUANTUM CORRECTIONS TO THE ISING INTERACTIONS IN LIY1?XHOXF4 SPIN-ORBITAL-LATTICE PHYSICS IN CA-BASED RUTHENATES LOCAL MOMENT APPROACH TO MULTI-ORBITAL ANDERSON AND HUBBARD MODELS HIGH FIELD LEVEL CROSSING STUDIES ON SPIN DIMERS IN THE LOW DIMENSIONAL QUANTUM SPIN SYSTEM NA2T2(C2O4)3(H2O)2 WITH T=NI, CO, FE, MN QUANTUM NANOMAGNETS AND NUCLEAR SPINS: AN OVERVIEW QUANTUM DIMER MODELS AND EXOTIC ORDERS CONTENTS IMAGING TRANSVERSE ELECTRON FOCUSING IN SEMICONDUCTING HETEROSTRUCTURES WITH SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF FINITE SIZE EFFECTS AROUND A KONDO QUANTUM DOT EFFECTIVE MAGNUS FORCE ON A MAGNETIC VORTEX ANISOTROPIC EXCHANGE IN SPIN CHAINS A REVIEW OF BOSE-EINSTEIN CONDENSATION IN CERTAIN QUANTUM MAGNETS CONTAINING CU AND NI