{ "id": "cond-mat/0401652", "version": "v1", "published": "2004-01-30T18:50:27.000Z", "updated": "2004-01-30T18:50:27.000Z", "title": "Three-dimensional oscillator in magnetic field: the de Haas-van Alphen effect in mesoscopic systems", "authors": [ "N. K. Kuzmenko", "V. M. Mikhajlov" ], "comment": "14 pages, 6 figures", "journal": "Phys.Lett. A311(2003) 403-409", "doi": "10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00405-5", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "The theoretical investigation of the cluster de Haas - van Alphen (dHvA) oscillations in three-dimensional systems performed for the first time. Applying a three-dimensional oscillator model to systems with electron numbers $10< N \\leq 10^5$ we predict distinctive size effects: the dHvA oscillations can be observed only within a certain temperature range determined by $N$; the lower size limit for $N$ is $\\approx 20$; the amount of the dHvA oscillations is reduced with decreasing $N$ which is accompanied by stretching the period of the oscillations.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2004-01-30T18:50:27.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "haas-van alphen effect", "magnetic field", "mesoscopic systems", "dhva oscillations", "three-dimensional oscillator model" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 14, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }