Quantum lattice Boltzmann study of random-mass Dirac fermions in one dimension
Computational Physics
2018-04-05 v1 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We study the time evolution of quenched random-mass Dirac fermions in one dimension by quantum lattice Boltzmann simulations. For nonzero noise strength, the diffusion of an initial wave packet stops after a finite time interval, reminiscent of Anderson localization. However, instead of exponential localization we find algebraically decaying tails in the disorder-averaged density distribution. These qualitatively match decay, which has been predicted by analytic calculations based on zero-energy solutions of the Dirac equation.
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@article{arxiv.1706.05138,
title = {Quantum lattice Boltzmann study of random-mass Dirac fermions in one dimension},
author = {Christian B. Mendl and Silvia Palpacelli and Alex Kamenev and Sauro Succi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.05138},
year = {2018}
}
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5 pages, 8 figures