Wigner function in the symmetric gauge: De Haas-van Alphen oscillations, magnetic field localization and uncertainty principle

International Journal of Modern Physics B

Volumn 17, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 4683-4732

  Materdey, Tomas B ^a,b   Seyler, Charles E ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

^b UMass Boston ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

de Haas van Alphen; Lindhard constant; Localization; Magnetic field; Magnetic oscillations; Numerical solution; Quantum; Symmetric gauge eigenfunctions; Time dependent Schr dinger equation; Uncertainty principle; Wigner function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENERGY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OSCILLATION; PROBABILITY; QUANTUM THEORY; TIME;

EID: 0346724263     PISSN: 02179792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S021797920302288X     Document Type: Article

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