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Magnetic response of interacting electrons in a zigzag carbon nanotube threaded by a magnetic flux is investigated within a Hartree-Fock mean field approach. Following the description of energy spectra for both non-interacting and interacting cases we analyze the behavior of persistent current in individual branches of a nanotube. Our present investigation leads to a possibility of getting a filling-dependent metal-insulator transition in a zigzag carbon nanotube.
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Dutta, P., Maiti, S.K. & Karmakar, S.N. Magnetic response in a zigzag carbon nanotube. Eur. Phys. J. B 85, 126 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2012-20434-7
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