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Universality in quantum chaos and the one parameter scaling theory

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2009-11-13 v2 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics Chaotic Dynamics Quantum Physics

Abstract

We adapt the one parameter scaling theory (OPT) to the context of quantum chaos. As a result we propose a more precise characterization of the universality classes associated to Wigner-Dyson and Poisson statistics which takes into account Anderson localization effects. Based also on the OPT we predict a new universality class in quantum chaos related to the metal-insulator transition and provide several examples. In low dimensions it is characterized by classical superdiffusion or a fractal spectrum, in higher dimensions it can also have a purely quantum origin as in the case of disordered systems. Our findings open the possibility of studying the metal insulator transition experimentally in a much broader type of systems.

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@article{arxiv.0707.3964,
  title  = {Universality in quantum chaos and the one parameter scaling theory},
  author = {Antonio M. Garcia-Garcia and Jiao Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.3964},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, 2 figures, acknowledgment added, typos corrected

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