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Anomalies and non-log-normal tails in one-dimensional localization with power-law disorder

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2007-05-23 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

Within a general framework, we discuss the wave function statistics in the Lloyd model of Anderson localization on a one-dimensional lattice with a Cauchy distribution for the random on-site potential. We demonstrate that already in leading order in the disorder strength, there exists a hierarchy of anomalies in the probability distributions of the wave function, the conductance, and the local density of states, for every energy which corresponds to a rational ratio of wave length to the lattice constant. We also show that these distribution functions do have power-law rather then log-normal tails and do not display universal single-parameter scaling. These peculiarities persist in any model with power-law tails of the disorder distribution function.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0302580,
  title  = {Anomalies and non-log-normal tails in one-dimensional localization with power-law disorder},
  author = {M. Titov and H. Schomerus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0302580},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures