Depending on the sign, you can get different forms of magnetism:
$\chi>0\rightarrow$ _paramagnetism_: the material tends to magnetise along the local field.
$\chi>0\Rightarrow$ _paramagnetism_: the material tends to magnetise along the local field.
$\chi<0\rightarrow$ _diamagnetism_: the material tends to magnetise opposite to the local field.
$\chi<0\Rightarrow$ _diamagnetism_: the material tends to magnetise opposite to the local field.
Further on, we will discuss two forms of spontaneous magnetisation: _ferromagnetism_ and _anti-ferromagnetism_. Unlike the ones mentioned above, these forms persist even in the absense of a magnetic field.
Coulomb interaction favors symmetric spatial wavefunction, resulting in a preferred antisymmetric spin wavefunction $\rightarrow J>0$.
Coulomb interaction favors symmetric spatial wavefunction, resulting in a preferred antisymmetric spin wavefunction $\Rightarrow J>0$.
- _Superexchange interaction_ – When magnetic atoms are connected via one non-magnetic mutual neighbor, simultaneous exchange of electrons with the neighbor can favor anti-alignment $\rightarrow J<0$.
- _Superexchange interaction_ – When magnetic atoms are connected via one non-magnetic mutual neighbor, simultaneous exchange of electrons with the neighbor can favor anti-alignment $\Rightarrow J<0$.

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### Crystal field
For a free atom, the orbitals are spherically symmetric (_spherical harmonics_). Inside a crystal, it can happen that, due to the Coulomb interaction with neighboring non-magnetic atoms, the degeneracy between orbitals is broken. As a result, electrons can no longer complete a full circular orbit around an atom, causing the orbital angular momentum to be _quenched_: ${\bf L}\rightarrow 0$.
For a free atom, the orbitals are spherically symmetric (_spherical harmonics_). Inside a crystal, it can happen that, due to the Coulomb interaction with neighboring non-magnetic atoms, the degeneracy between orbitals is broken.
As a result, electrons can no longer complete a full circular orbit around an atom, causing the orbital angular momentum to be _quenched_: ${\bf L}\Rightarrow 0$.