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Interactions and Scaling in a Disordered Two-Dimensional Metal

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

We show that a non-Fermi liquid state of interacting electrons in two dimensions is stable in the presence of disorder and is a perfect conductor, provided the interactions are sufficiently strong. Otherwise, the disorder leads to localization as in the case of non-interacting electrons. This conclusion is established by examining the replica field theory in the weak disorder limit, but in the presence of arbitrary electron-electron interaction. Thus, a disordered two-dimensional metal is a perfect metal, but not a Fermi liquid.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9712217,
  title  = {Interactions and Scaling in a Disordered Two-Dimensional Metal},
  author = {Sudip Chakravarty and Lan Yin and Elihu Abrahams},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9712217},
  year   = {2009}
}

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