ORBITAL PARAMAGNETISM IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL LATTICES

We calculate the ground state energy and the magnetization of spinless fermions on a two-dimensional lattice in an external magnetic field. We prove that the absolute minimum of the energy corresponds to a flux value equal to the filling, i.e. the “commensurate flux phase” state is preferable. The magnetization of these fermions has a paramagnetic character of special orbital type.