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Wave function statistics and multifractality at the spin quantum Hall transition

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2009-11-07 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

The statistical properties of wave functions at the critical point of the spin quantum Hall transition are studied. The main emphasis is put onto determination of the spectrum of multifractal exponents Δq\Delta_q governing the scaling of moments <ψ2q>LqdΔq<|\psi|^{2q}>\sim L^{-qd-\Delta_q} with the system size LL and the spatial decay of wave function correlations. Two- and three-point correlation functions are calculated analytically by means of mapping onto the classical percolation, yielding the values Δ2=1/4\Delta_2=-1/4 and Δ3=3/4\Delta_3=-3/4. The multifractality spectrum obtained from numerical simulations is given with a good accuracy by the parabolic approximation Δqq(1q)/8\Delta_q\simeq q(1-q)/8 but shows detectable deviations. We also study statistics of the two-point conductance gg, in particular, the spectrum of exponents XqX_q characterizing the scaling of the moments <gq><g^q >. Relations between the spectra of critical exponents of wave functions (Δq\Delta_q), conductances (XqX_q), and Green functions at the localization transition with a critical density of states are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0208451,
  title  = {Wave function statistics and multifractality at the spin quantum Hall transition},
  author = {A. D. Mirlin and F. Evers and A. Mildenberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0208451},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

16 pages, submitted to J. Phys. A, Special Issue on Random Matrix Theory