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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 4 34D a Solution by
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Take and use the Landau gauge . With zero -momentum, the Hamiltonian becomesFor a state , this is a quantum harmonic oscillator in , centred atwith cyclotron frequencyThe Landau levels are therefore
Periodicity in quantizes . Requiring the corresponding oscillator centre to lie in an interval of length leavesallowed centres for each . This is the degeneracy of a Landau level, equal to the magnetic flux through the rectangle divided by the magnetic flux quantum . Consistent magnetic periodic boundary conditions make an integer.
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