Published February 1930
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On the Diamagnetism of Electrons in Metals
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- Bitter, Francis
Abstract
In the following, it is proposed to calculate the induced diamagnetic moment due to the free electrons in a metal, using, instead of the classical assumptions of elastic collisions, the recently developed wave-nature of the electron and the Fermi statistics. The problem resolves itself into three parts: to find (1) the ψ functions for an electron in a lattice for the case of small perturbations by the atoms of the lattice, (2) the induced magnetic moment derived from the ψ functions and its dependence on the energy, (3) the total induced magnetic moment, which will then be obtained by applying the statistics for a degenerate system.
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Copyright ©1930 by the National Academy of Sciences. Communicated December 27, 1929. In conclusion, I wish to acknowledge my indebtedness to Professor P.S. Epstein for the valuable suggestions he made relating to this paper. [F.B. was a] National Research Fellow.Attached Files
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