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Signature of ballistic effects in disordered conductors

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Statistical properties of energy levels, wave functions and quantum-mechanical matrix elements in disordered conductors are usually calculated assuming diffusive electron dynamics. Mirlin has pointed out [Phys. Rep. 326, 259 (2000)] that ballistic effects may, under certain circumstances, dominate diffusive contributions. We study the influence of such ballistic effects on the statistical properties of wave functions in quasi-one dimensional disordered conductors. Our results support the view that ballistic effects can be significant in these systems.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0104202,
  title  = {Signature of ballistic effects in disordered conductors},
  author = {V. Uski and B. Mehlig and M. Schreiber},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0104202},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures, to appear in Phys. Rev. B (Rapid Communications)