On the Angle Dependence of the Magnetoresistance in Quasi-Two-Dimensional Organic Superconductors

Abstract

The dependence of the title is shown to originate in a singular angle dependence of the distribution width of the area of the semiclassical closed orbits under the magnetic field in the reciprocal space. In quasi-two-dimensional metals with a cylindrical Fermi surface, the distribution width of the area of the orbits on the Fermi surface vanishes at certain inclination angles of the magnetic field, entailing the appearance of remarkable effects. The observed peaks of the coarse-grained magnetoresistance are found to correspond to these special angles.