POSSIBILITY OF ORBITAL MAGNETIC PHASE-TRANSITIONS IN MESOSCOPIC METALLIC RINGS

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作者
WOHLLEBEN, D [1 ]
ESSER, M [1 ]
FRECHE, P [1 ]
ZIPPER, E [1 ]
SZOPA, M [1 ]
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[1] SILESIAN UNIV,INST PHYS,PL-40007 KATOWICE,POLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3191
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
It is shown that a sufficiently pure mesoscopic metallic ring will exhibit a magnetic phase transition to a low-temperature state with a persistent orbital current in zero external field (to a flux-phase state). The transition temperature and the spontaneous persistent current depend strongly on the geometry of the ring and of the Fermi surface.
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页码:3191 / 3194
页数:4
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