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Semiclassical analysis and the magnetization of the Hofstadter model

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-10 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

The magnetization and the de Haas-van Alphen oscillations of Bloch electrons are calculated near commensurate magnetic fluxes. Two phases that appear in the quantization of mixed systems--the Berry's phase and a phase first discovered by Wilkinson--play a key role in the theory.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0306318,
  title  = {Semiclassical analysis and the magnetization of the Hofstadter model},
  author = {O. Gat and J. E. Avron},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0306318},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages, 1 figure