Mean-field itinerant ferromagnetic Goldstone mode
ID: mean-field-itinerant-ferromagnetic-goldstone-mode
An isotropic spin-polarized metal has a degenerate magnetization direction and a long-wavelength transverse magnon with quadratic dispersion. Nonzero spin density pairs the two transverse broken generators into one type-B Goldstone boson. Exchange-split Fermi surfaces also support fermionic low-energy excitations; the magnon is distinct from longitudinal amplitude motion and the spin-flip continuum.
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