Magnetic Properties of Nearly Free Electrons. Nonoscillatory Magnetic Susceptibility
- 1 June 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 134 (5A) , A1296-A1299
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.134.a1296
Abstract
The partition function is derived for a gas of electrons in the presence of a weak periodic potential and uniform magnetic field. From it the steady terms in the free energy and the zero-field-zero-temperature total electronic magnetic susceptibility are calculated. The results are applied to the alkali metals. The nonadditivity of the paramagnetic and diamagnetic susceptibilities and the inadequacy of the effective mass approximation are discussed.Keywords
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