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13.5 Quantum Theory of Magnetoconductivity of an Electron Gas 413
13.5 Quantum Theory of Magnetoconductivity 339
of an Electron Gas 340
The evaluation of σ(q,ω,B
0
) for a quantum mechanical system is very similar 341
to our evaluation of the wave vector and frequency dependent conductivity in 342
the absence of the field B
0
. We will give a very brief summary of the technique 343
here.
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The zero-order Hamiltonian for an electron in the presence of a vector 345
potential A
0
=(0,xB
0
, 0) is given by 346
H
0
=
1
2m
p
2
x
+(p
y
+
e
c
B
0
x)
2
+ p
2
z
. (13.132)
The eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of H
0
can be written as 347
|ν = |nk
y
k
z
=
1
L
e
ik
y
y+ik
z
z
u
n
x +
¯hk
y
mω
c
,
ε
ν
= ε
n,k
y
,k
z
=
¯h
2
k
2
z
2m
+¯hω
c
n +
1
2
. (13.133)
Perturbing self-consistent electromagnetic fields E(r,t)andB(r,t)are
348
assumed to be of the form e
iωt−iq·r
. These fields can be derived from the 349
potentials A(r,t)andφ(r,t): 350
E = −
1
c
˙
A −∇φ = −
iω
c
A +iqφ,
B = ∇×A = −iq × A.
(13.134)
As in the Lindhard case, the theory can be shown to be gauge invariant (we
351
will not prove it here but it is done in the references listed earlier). Therefore, 352
we can take a gauge in which the scalar potential φ = 0. Then, we write the 353
linearized (in A) Hamiltonian as 354
H = H
0
+ H
1
, (13.135)
where H
0
is given by (13.132) and H
1
is the perturbing part 355
H
1
=
e
2c
(v
0
· A + A · v
0
) . (13.136)
Here, v
0
=
1
m
p +
e
c
A
0
is the velocity operator in the presence of the field
356
A
0
. From here on, one can simply follow the steps we carried out in evaluating 357
σ(q,ω,B
0
=0).Weuse 358
H
0
|ν = ε
ν
|ν,
ρ
0
|ν = f
0
(ε
ν
)|ν.
(13.137)
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For details one is referred to the references by J.J. Quinn, S. Rodriguez, Phys.
Rev. 128, 2480 (1962) and M.P. Greene, H.J. Lee, J.J. Quinn, S. Rodriguez, Phys.
Rev. 177, 1019 (1969).