A complete theory for the magnetism of an ideal gas of electrons

Journal Article · Wed May 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · Physics of Plasmas

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804274· OSTI ID:22218612

Biswas, Shyamal; Jana, Debnarayan ^[1]; Sen, Swati ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, 92 APC Road, Kolkata 700009 (India)
2. Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, Mohanpur 741252 (India)

We have explored Pauli paramagnetism, Landau diamagnetism, and de Haas-van Alphen effect in a single framework, and unified these three effects for all temperatures as well as for all strengths of magnetic field. Our result goes beyond Pauli-Landau result on the magnetism of the 3-D ideal gas of electrons, and is able to describe crossover of the de Haas-van Alphen oscillation to the saturation of magnetization. We also have obtained a novel asymptotic series expansion for the low temperature properties of the system.

• OSTI ID: 22218612
• Journal Information: Physics of Plasmas, Vol. 20, Issue 5; Other Information: (c) 2013 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1070-664X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DE HAAS-VAN ALPHEN EFFECT
DIAMAGNETISM
ELECTRON GAS
ELECTRONS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
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SERIES EXPANSION
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
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