Fractal spectrum of periodic quantum systems in a magnetic field

Chaos, solitons and fractals

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 281-288

  Geyler, V A ^a   Popov, I Yu ^b   Popov, A V ^a   Ovechkina, A A ^a  

^a OGAREV MORDOVIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b ITMO UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC FLUX; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY;

FLUX-ENERGY DIAGRAMS; PERIODIC QUANTUM SYSTEMS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 0033942922     PISSN: 09600779     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0779(98)00296-3     Document Type: Article

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