Speaker:
Jeffrey Rau
Institution:
University of Windsor, Canada
Date:
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Time:
4:00 pm
Location:
FRH 2111
From Electrons to Exchange Interactions
- Hubbard-like models and superexchange; degenerate perturbation theory.
- Orbital and Hund's-coupling effects; Goodenough-Kanamori rules.
- Ligands, covalency, and charge-transfer processes.
- Anisotropy from spin-orbit coupling: Heisenberg, Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya, and symmetric anisotropic exchange.
Host:
Judit Romhanyi