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Orbital Magnetism in Confined Two-Dimensional Systems

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The way how the Landau diamagnetism emerges in finite two-dimensional systems, disc and ring, has been clarified by examining both the field dependences of the magnetization and the spatial distribution of the persistent currents induced by the magnetic field.

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Fukuyama, H., Sasaki, T., Yokoyama, K. et al. Orbital Magnetism in Confined Two-Dimensional Systems. Journal of Low Temperature Physics 126, 1067–1080 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1013811112201

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