Semiclassical analysis and the magnetization of the Hofstadter model

Phys Rev Lett. 2003 Oct 31;91(18):186801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.91.186801. Epub 2003 Oct 29.

Abstract

The magnetization and the de Haas-van Alphen oscillations of Bloch electrons are calculated near commensurate magnetic fluxes. Two phases that appear in the quantization of mixed systems--the Berry phase and a phase first discovered by Wilkinson--play a key role in the theory.