arXiv · cond-mat/9907067
Distribution of fractal dimensions at the Anderson transition
Abstract
We investigated numerically the distribution of participation numbers in the 3d Anderson tight-binding model at the localization-delocalization threshold. These numbers in {\em one} disordered system experience strong level-to-level fluctuations in a wide energy range. The fluctuations grow substantially with increasing size of the system. We argue that the fluctuations of the correlation dimension, $D_2$ of the wave functions are the main reason for this. The distribution of these correlation dimensions at the transition is calculated. In the thermodynamic limit ($L\to \infty$) it does not depend on the system size $L$. An interesting feature of this limiting distribution is that it vanishes exactly at $D_{\rm 2max}=1.83$, the highest possible value of the correlation dimension at the Anderson threshold in this model.
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D. A. Parshin, H. R. Schober. 1999-07-05. Distribution of fractal dimensions at the Anderson transition. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.83.4590
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