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Hatano-Nelson model with a periodic potential

Statistical Mechanics 2011-04-07 v1

Abstract

We study a generalisation of the Hatano-Nelson Hamiltonian in which a periodic modulation of the site energies is present in addition to the usual random distribution. The system can then become localized by disorder or develop a band gap, and the eigenspectrum shows a wide variety of topologies. We determine the phase diagram, and perform a finite size scaling analysis of the localization transition.

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@article{arxiv.1009.1946,
  title  = {Hatano-Nelson model with a periodic potential},
  author = {F. Hébert and M. Schram and R. T. Scalettar and W. B. Chen and Z. Bai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.1946},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

7 pages, 10 figures

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