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The Anderson transition: time reversal symmetry and universality

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-10-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

We report a finite size scaling study of the Anderson transition. Different scaling functions and different values for the critical exponent have been found, consistent with the existence of the orthogonal and unitary universality classes which occur in the field theory description of the transition. The critical conductance distribution at the Anderson transition has also been investigated and different distributions for the orthogonal and unitary classes obtained.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9704192,
  title  = {The Anderson transition: time reversal symmetry and universality},
  author = {Keith Slevin and Tomi Ohtsuki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9704192},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

To appear in Physical Review Letters. Latex 4 pages with 4 figures