Exchange interaction in itinerant-electron metamagnetism
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Abstract The exchange interaction in itinerant-electron metamagnetism is investigated theoretically. In fact, by considering spin-up and spin-down electrons in an itinerant-electron metamagnetic gas in the presence of an external magnetic field, we show that the difference between the Fermi energies of the spin-up and spin-down electrons equals, up to a multiplicative constant, the absolute value of the matrix element of the Hamiltonian operator relative to the interaction in question. Furthermore, the Stoner formula for the electronic energy of the gas is used to study the size of the exchange interaction.