Landau levels, molecular orbitals, and the Hofstadter butterfly in finite systems

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-618

  Analytis, James G ^a   Blundell, Stephen J ^a   Ardavan, Arzhang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2442581599     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1615568     Document Type: Article

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