Li-Ping Yang

Abstract: We have developed a different quantum transfer-matrix method to accurately determine thermodynamic properties of the Hofstadter model. This method resolves a technical problem which is intractable by other methods and makes the calculation of physical quantities of the Hofstadter model in the thermodynamic limit at finite temperatures feasible. It is shown that the quantum correction to the de Haas–van Alphen oscillation of magnetization bears the energy structure of the Hofstadter butterfly. The measurement of this quantum correction, which can be materialized on the superlattice or cold atom systems, can reveal unambiguously the Hofstadter fractal energy spectrum.

Location: 606 Conference Room
Date and time: Feb 17, 2012   14:30