LANDAU DIAMAGNETISM

LANDAU, L.

Diamagnetismus der Metalle.

Berlin, Springer, 1930. 8vo. Bound in contemporary half cloth with gilt lettering, In "Zeitschrift für Physik", Band 64, 1930. Entire issue offered. Two stamps to title page, otherwise fine. Pp. 629-637. [Entire volume: VII, (1), 862 pp.].

First printing of Landau's "fundamental work in the field of the theory of metals, showing that the degenerate electron gas possesses diamagnetic susceptibility" (DSB), often referred to as Landau diamagnetism.

"His best known work from this time is his diamagnetism of metals in which he showed that not only the spins of free electrons contribute to the magnetic properties of a metal but also their orbits. The motion of such electrons is allowed only for discrete energy values, the Landau levels." (Brandt, The Harvest of A Century).

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