RKKY interaction (Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida)

Layer 1 — Physicsin the Quantum Materials subtree

RKKY 1954-1957: indirect exchange between localized magnetic moments mediated by conduction-electron Friedel oscillations; oscillating + decaying as cos(2 k_F r) / r^3; foundation of dilute-magnetic + heavy-fermion magnetism.

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