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Orbital Magnetism in Two-dimensional Integrable Systems

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We study orbital magnetism of a degenerate electron gas in a number of two-dimensional integrable systems, within linear response theory. There are three relevant energy scales: typical level spacing, the energy related to the inverse time of flight across the system, and the Fermi energy. Correspondingly, there are three distinct temperature regimes: microscopic, mesoscopic, and macroscopic. In the first two regimes there are large finite-size effects in the magnetic susceptibility, whereas in the third regime the susceptibility approaches its macroscopic value. In some cases, such as a quasi-one-dimensional strip or a harmonic confining potential, it is possible to obtain analytic expressions for the susceptibility in the entire temperature range.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9611143,
  title  = {Orbital Magnetism in Two-dimensional Integrable Systems},
  author = {E. Gurevich and B. Shapiro},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9611143},
  year   = {2009}
}

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28 pages, Latex, 4 Postscript figures

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