TY - JOUR

T1 - Metallic nanosphere in a magnetic field

T2 - an exact solution

AU - Aristov, D. N.

PY - 1999/1/1

Y1 - 1999/1/1

N2 - We consider an electron gas moving on the surface of a sphere in a uniform magnetic field. An exact solution of the problem is found in terms of oblate spheroidal functions, depending on the parameter (Formula presented) the number of flux quanta piercing the sphere. The regimes of weak and strong fields are discussed, and the Green’s functions are found for both limiting cases in closed form. In weak fields the magnetic susceptibility reveals a set of jumps at half-integer p. The strong-field regime is characterized by the formation of Landau levels and localization of the electron states near the poles of the sphere defined by a direction of the field. The effects of coherence within the sphere are lost when its radius exceeds the mean free path.

AB - We consider an electron gas moving on the surface of a sphere in a uniform magnetic field. An exact solution of the problem is found in terms of oblate spheroidal functions, depending on the parameter (Formula presented) the number of flux quanta piercing the sphere. The regimes of weak and strong fields are discussed, and the Green’s functions are found for both limiting cases in closed form. In weak fields the magnetic susceptibility reveals a set of jumps at half-integer p. The strong-field regime is characterized by the formation of Landau levels and localization of the electron states near the poles of the sphere defined by a direction of the field. The effects of coherence within the sphere are lost when its radius exceeds the mean free path.

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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.6368

DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.6368

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:0001207142

VL - 59

SP - 6368

EP - 6372

JO - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter

JF - Physical Review B-Condensed Matter

SN - 1098-0121

IS - 9

ER -