Eur. Phys. J. D (2016) 70: 59
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2016-60559-1

Regular Article

Influence of spin-orbit interaction on magnetic properties of fullerenes^*

¹ Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University, Polytechnicheskaya, 29, 194021 St.Petersburg, Russian Federation
² Peoples Friendship University of the Russia, Miklukho-Maklaya str. 6, 117198 Moscow, Russian Federation

^a e-mail : eorlenko@mail.ru

Received: 3 October 2015
Received in final form: 1 December 2015
Published online: 17 March 2016

Abstract

The current paper is devoted to the consideration of sp²-carbonaceous fullerenes molecules in a homogeneous magnetic field. Due to a reduction system symmetry in the magnetic field, the energy splitting gives rise dominant atomic structures in fullerene molecules with local symmetries. Spin-orbit interaction plays a crucial role in this phenomenon. The current paper is aimed at determine spin-orbit coupling parameters, as an energy E_SO and a constant a_SO as well as a Lande g-factor for the C₆₀-based compounds in the magnetic field.