Abstract
A model for the electron self energy in a strongly ferromagnetic metal is discussed, which takes into account electron-electron and electron- hole correlations. The latter effect is found to cause important changes to the Stoner-Wohlfarth theory in nickel, of the type already discussed by Hertz and Edwards (1972), while the electron- electron correlation renormalizes the bare potential. The invariance under spin rotation transformations of the model is then briefly discussed.