[Wien] What is the meaning of Total magnetic moment inside a unit cell

[Peter Blaha]

It is of course the spin-magnetic moment only.

Usually FSM makes sense only in itenerant magnetic systems, where the obital
moment can be neglected.

J.H. Mokkath, FB18 schrieb:
> 
> Dear Wien2k users,
> 
> I have a simple doubt regarding the FSM. What is the meaning of total magnetic
> moment of the unit cell, Is it the difference between number of spin up and spin
> down electrons inside a unit cell or the difference of spin( ie. spin up and
> spin down).
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> Mokkath.
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