Magnetic oscillation and breakdown in the organic conductors

Magnetic oscillation phenomena in high magnetic fields are powerful probes of the band structure of the organics in high temperature phases and in possible low temperature density wave states. Recent calculations, which go beyond the standard theory of Falicov and Stochawski, are used to analyse apparent discrepancies between the frequencies and intensities observed in the breakdown regime, and those predicted from calculated band structures. Comparison is made to the α and κ phases of BEDT-TTF salts.