Table of Contents
Introduction to Magnetism and Magnetic Materials.- Spectroscopy and Magnetism: an Introduction.- Instrumentation Developments.- Dichroism in X-ray Absorption.- A Photoemission Primer.- Micromagnetics: Dynamical Aspects.- Magnetization Reversal of Nano-particles.- Molecular Magnetism: Design of High Tc Prussian Blue Molecule Based Magnets.- X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism at Low Temperature.- High-Pressure Magnetism and Magnetic Circular Dichroism.- Resonant Inelastic X-ray Scattering.- Some Nuclear Technique in Experimental Magnetism: Mössbauer Effect, Neutron Scattering and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.- Linear and Non-Linear Magneto-Optical Effects: Magnetism of Thin Film Structures.- Relation Between X-ray Magnetic Linear Dichroism and Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy.- Field Induced Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Paramagnetic Solids.- X-ray Magnetic Circular Dichroism in the Investigation of Magnetisation Dynamics in the Nanosecond Time Scale.