Magnetic Susceptibility of Mesoscopic Systems |
| S. Wałcerz Institute of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University, J. Matejki 48/49, 60-769 Poznań, Poland |
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| The Onsager description of de Haas-van Alphen oscillations and the magnetic translation group approach are combined in order to argue that the magnetic susceptibility of mesoscopic systems is assumed to reveal some features different than those of a bulk sample. Firstly, due to a discrete nature of magnetic field that has to be taken into account while dealing with the mesoscopic scale phenomena, the susceptibility should vary in a discrete way, too. Secondly, the susceptibility should depend on both the size and the shape of the system. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.91.285 PACS numbers: 71.15.-m, 71.24.+q, 71.70.Di |