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Localization and absence of Breit-Wigner form for Cauchy random band matrices

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

Abstract

We analytically calculate the local density of states for Cauchy random band matrices with strongly fluctuating diagonal elements. The Breit-Wigner form for ordinary band matrices is replaced by a Levy distribution of index μ=1/2\mu=1/2 and the characteristic energy scale α\alpha is strongly enhanced as compared to the Breit-Wigner width. The unperturbed eigenstates decay according to the non-exponential law eαt\propto e^{-\sqrt{\alpha t}}. We analytically determine the localization length by a new method to derive the supersymmetric non-linear σ\sigma model for this type of band matrices.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0101431,
  title  = {Localization and absence of Breit-Wigner form for Cauchy random band matrices},
  author = {Klaus M. Frahm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0101431},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure