The persistent current of a clean two-electron quantum disk subjected to perpendicular magnetic fields is studied theoretically with an emphasis on the role of the electron-electron interaction. It is shown that the interaction reduces the magnitude of currents in general and also gives rise to the discontinuities in currents at low temperatures, compared with the results from the ideal quantum disk. The latter anomalous quantum behavior appears at the particular magnetic fields, at which the crossings take places in the energy spectra, and disappears as temperature increases. We found that an exact treatment of the exchange symmetry and the spin splittings in the energy is important in specifying the precise values of the magnetic field ͑and the steepness of the confinement potential͒ to induce such quantum effects. ͓S0163-1829͑97͒03415-2͔
II. IDEAL QUANTUM DISKBefore treating interacting electrons, we find it useful to summarize the results of the energy spectrum and associated PHYSICAL REVIEW B 15 APRIL 1997-I VOLUME 55, NUMBER 15 55