de Haas-van Alphen Effect in Zirconium

Abstract

The de Haas-van Alphen effect has been observed in single crystals of zirconium in pulsed magnetic fields up to 190 kG. A rotating coil device has been used to study the periods of the oscillations as a function of magnetic field direction in the (00.1), (10.0), and ($1\overline{1}·0$) planes of the hexagonal crystals. Five separate oscillatory terms have been observed with periods ranging in value from 2.0 to 3.4×${10}^{-8\mathrm{}}$ ${\mathrm{G}}^{-1\mathrm{}}$. The data, in general, do not agree with the Fermi surface predicted by the nearly free electron model.