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Breaking supersymmetry in a one-dimensional random Hamiltonian

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2008-09-19 v2

Abstract

The one-dimensional supersymmetric random Hamiltonian Hsusy=d2dx2+ϕ2+ϕH_{susy}=-\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+\phi^2+\phi', where ϕ(x)\phi(x) is a Gaussian white noise of zero mean and variance gg, presents particular spectral and localization properties at low energy: a Dyson singularity in the integrated density of states (IDoS) N(E)1/ln2EN(E)\sim1/\ln^2E and a delocalization transition related to the behaviour of the Lyapunov exponent (inverse localization length) vanishing like γ(E)1/lnE\gamma(E)\sim1/|\ln{}E| as E0E\to0. We study how this picture is affected by breaking supersymmetry with a scalar random potential: H=Hsusy+V(x)H=H_{susy}+V(x) where V(x)V(x) is a Gaussian white noise of variance σ\sigma. In the limit σg3\sigma\ll{g}^3, a fraction of states N(0)g/ln2(g3/σ)N(0)\sim{g}/\ln^2(g^3/\sigma) migrate to the negative spectrum and the Lyapunov exponent reaches a finite value γ(0)g/ln(g3/σ)\gamma(0)\sim{g}/\ln(g^3/\sigma) at E=0. Exponential (Lifshits) tail of the IDoS for EE\to-\infty is studied in detail and is shown to involve a competition between the two noises ϕ\phi and VV whatever the larger is. This analysis relies on analytic results for N(E)N(E) and γ(E)\gamma(E) obtained by two different methods: a stochastic method and the replica method. The problem of extreme value statistics of eigenvalues is also considered (distribution of the n-th excited state energy). The results are analyzed in the context of classical diffusion in a random force field in the presence of random annihilation/creation local rates.

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@article{arxiv.0805.2883,
  title  = {Breaking supersymmetry in a one-dimensional random Hamiltonian},
  author = {Christian Hagendorf and Christophe Texier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.2883},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

33 pages, LaTeX, 13 eps figures ; 2nd version : refs. added

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