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Rudolf A. Roemer

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arXiv2000

Hellmann-Feynman theorem and fluctuation-correlation analysis of the Calogero-Sutherland model

Exploiting the results of the exact solution for the ground state of the one-dimensional spinless quantum gas of Fermions and impenetrable Bosons with the mu/x_{ij}^2 particle-particle interaction, the Hellmann-Feynman theorem yields mutually compensating divergences of both the kinetic and the interaction energy in the limiting case mu to -1/4. These divergences result from the peculiar behavior of both the momentum distribution (for large momenta) and the pair density (for small inter-particle separation). The available analytical pair densities for mu=-1/4, 0, and 2 allow to analyze particle-number fluctuations. They are suppressed by repulsive interaction (mu>0), enhanced by attraction (mu<0), and may therefore measure the kind and strength of correlation. Other recently proposed purely quantum-kinematical measures of the correlation strength arise from the small-separation behavior of the pair density or - for Fermions - from the non-idempotency of the momentum distribution and its large-momenta behavior. They are compared with each other and with reference-free, short-range correlation-measuring ratios of the kinetic and potential energies.

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arXiv2000

Disorder and Two-Particle Interaction in Low-Dimensional Quantum Systems

We review some of the recent results on two-interacting particles (TIP) in low-dimensional disordered quantum models. Special attention is given to the mapping of the problem onto random band matrices. In particular, we construct two simple, seemingly closely related examples for which an analogous mapping leads to incorrect results. We briefly discuss possible reasons for this discrepancy based on the physical differences between the TIP problem and our examples.

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arXiv2000

Exponents of the localization lengths in the bipartite Anderson model with off-diagonal disorder

We investigate the scaling properties of the two-dimensional (2D) Anderson model of localization with purely off-diagonal disorder (random hopping). In particular, we show that for small energies the infinite-size localization lengths as computed from transfer-matrix methods together with finite-size scaling diverge with a power-law behavior. The corresponding exponents seem to depend on the strength and the type of disorder chosen.

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arXiv1999

Universal level-spacing statistics in quasiperiodic tight-binding models

We study statistical properties of the energy spectra of two-dimensional quasiperiodic tight-binding models. The multifractal nature of the eigenstates of these models is corroborated by the scaling of the participation numbers with the systems size. Hence one might have expected `critical' or `intermediate' statistics for the level-spacing distributions as observed at the metal-insulator transition in the three-dimensional Anderson model of disorder. However, our numerical results are in perfect agreement with the universal level-spacing distributions of the Gaussian orthogonal random matrix ensemble, including the distribution of spacings between second, third, and forth neighbour energy levels.

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arXiv1998

Electronic states in topologically disordered systems

Networks generated from Voronoi tessellations of space are prototypes for topologically disordered systems. In order to assess the effects of random coordination on the statistical properties of energy spectra, we analyze tight-binding models for planar topologically disordered systems. To this end, the networks are generated by a simple topological model covering a wide range of naturally observed random structures. We find that the energy-level-spacing distributions exhibit level repulsion, similar to the spacings in the energetically disordered Anderson model of localization in the metallic regime.

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arXiv1998

Energy Levels of Quasiperiodic Hamiltonians, Spectral Unfolding, and Random Matrix Theory

We consider a tight-binding Hamiltonian defined on the quasiperiodic Ammann-Beenker tiling. Although the density of states (DOS) is rather spiky, the integrated DOS is quite smooth and can be used to perform spectral unfolding. The effect of unfolding on the integrated level-spacing distribution is investigated for various parts of the spectrum which show different behaviour of the DOS. For energy intervals with approximately constant DOS, we find good agreement with the distribution of the Gaussian orthogonal random matrix ensemble (GOE) even without unfolding. For energy ranges with fluctuating DOS, we observe deviations from the GOE result. After unfolding, we always recover the GOE distribution.

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arXiv1998

Smoothed universal correlations in the two-dimensional Anderson model

We report on calculations of smoothed spectral correlations in the two-dimensional Anderson model for weak disorder. As pointed out in (M. Wilkinson, J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 21, 1173 (1988)), an analysis of the smoothing dependence of the correlation functions provides a sensitive means of establishing consistency with random matrix theory. We use a semiclassical approach to describe these fluctuations and offer a detailed comparison between numerical and analytical calculations for an exhaustive set of two-point correlation functions. We consider parametric correlation functions with an external Aharonov-Bohm flux as a parameter and discuss two cases, namely broken time-reversal invariance and partial breaking of time-reversal invariance. Three types of correlation functions are considered: density-of-states, velocity and matrix element correlation functions. For the values of smoothing parameter close to the mean level spacing the semiclassical expressions and the numerical results agree quite well in the whole range of the magnetic flux.

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arXiv1998

A numerical study of wave-function and matrix-element statistics in the Anderson model of localization

We have calculated wave functions and matrix elements of the dipole operator in the two- and three-dimensional Anderson model of localization and have studied their statistical properties in the limit of weak disorder. In particular, we have considered two cases. First, we have studied the fluctuations as an external Aharonov-Bohm flux is varied. Second, we have considered the influence of incipient localization. In both cases, the statistical properties of the eigenfunctions are non-trivial, in that the joint probability distribution function of eigenvalues and eigenvectors does no longer factorize. We report on detailed comparisons with analytical results, obtained within the non-linear sigma model and/or the semiclassical approach.

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arXiv1998

Lax pair formulation for a small-polaron chain with integrable boundaries

Using a fermionic version of the Lax pair formulation, we construct an integrable small-polaron model with general open boundary conditions. The Lax pair and the boundary supermatrices $K_{\pm}$ for the model are obtained. This provides a direct proof of the integrability of the model.

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arXiv1998

Application of random matrix theory to quasiperiodic systems

We study statistical properties of energy spectra of a tight-binding model on the two-dimensional quasiperiodic Ammann-Beenker tiling. Taking into account the symmetries of finite approximants, we find that the underlying universal level-spacing distribution is given by the Gaussian orthogonal random matrix ensemble, and thus differs from the critical level-spacing distribution observed at the metal-insulator transition in the three-dimensional Anderson model of disorder. Our data allow us to see the difference to the Wigner surmise.

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arXiv1998

Scaling the localisation lengths for two interacting particles in one-dimensional random potentials

Using a numerical decimation method, we compute the localisation length $λ_{2}$ for two onsite interacting particles (TIP) in a one-dimensional random potential. We show that an interaction $U>0$ does lead to $λ_2(U) > λ_2(0)$ for not too large $U$ and test the validity of various proposed fit functions for $λ_2(U)$. Finite-size scaling allows us to obtain infinite sample size estimates $ξ_{2}(U)$ and we find that $ ξ_{2}(U) \sim ξ_2(0)^{α(U)} $ with $α(U)$ varying between $α(0)\approx 1$ and $α(1) \approx 1.5$. We observe that all $ξ_2(U)$ data can be made to coalesce onto a single scaling curve. We also present results for the problem of TIP in two different random potentials corresponding to interacting electron-hole pairs.

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arXiv1998

Two interacting particles at the metal-insulator transition

To investigate the influence of electronic interaction on the metal-insulator transition (MIT), we consider the Aubry-André (or Harper) model which describes a quasiperiodic one-dimensional quantum system of non-interacting electrons and exhibits an MIT. For a two-particle system, we study the effect of a Hubbard interaction on the transition by means of the transfer-matrix method and finite-size scaling. In agreement with previous studies we find that the interaction localizes some states in the otherwise metallic phase of the system. Nevertheless, the MIT remains unaffected by the interaction. For a long-range interaction, many more states become localized for sufficiently large interaction strength and the MIT appears to shift towards smaller quasiperiodic potential strength.

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arXiv1998

Interaction-dependent enhancement of the localisation length for two interacting particles in a one-dimensional random potential

We present calculations of the localisation length, $λ_{2}$, for two interacting particles (TIP) in a one-dimensional random potential, presenting its dependence on disorder, interaction strength $U$ and system size. $λ_{2}(U)$ is computed by a decimation method from the decay of the Green function along the diagonal of finite samples. Infinite sample size estimates $ξ_{2}(U)$ are obtained by finite-size scaling. For U=0 we reproduce approximately the well-known dependence of the one-particle localisation length on disorder while for finite $U$, we find that $ ξ_{2}(U) \sim ξ_2(0)^{β(U)} $ with $β(U)$ varying between $β(0)=1$ and $β(1) \approx 1.5$. We test the validity of various other proposed fit functions and also study the problem of TIP in two different random potentials corresponding to interacting electron-hole pairs. As a check of our method and data, we also reproduce well-known results for the two-dimensional Anderson model without interaction.

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arXiv1998

Two interacting particles in a random potential: The random matrix model revisited

We reinvestigate the validity of mapping the problem of two onsite interacting particles in a random potential onto an effective random matrix model. To this end we first study numerically how the non-interacting basis is coupled by the interaction. Our results indicate that the typical coupling matrix element decreases significantly faster with increasing single-particle localization length than is assumed in the random matrix model. We further show that even for models where the dependency of the coupling matrix element on the single-particle localization length is correctly described by the corresponding random matrix model its predictions for the localization length can be qualitatively incorrect. These results indicate that the mapping of an interacting random system onto an effective random matrix model is potentially dangerous. We also discuss how Imry's block-scaling picture for two interacting particles is influenced by the above arguments.

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arXiv1997

The two-dimensional Anderson model of localization with random hopping

We examine the localization properties of the 2D Anderson Hamiltonian with off-diagonal disorder. Investigating the behavior of the participation numbers of eigenstates as well as studying their multifractal properties, we find states in the center of the band which show critical behavior up to the system size $N= 200 \times 200$ considered. This result is confirmed by an independent analysis of the localization lengths in quasi-1D strips with the help of the transfer-matrix method. Adding a very small additional onsite potential disorder, the critical states become localized.

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arXiv1997

The enhancement of the localization length for two interacting particles is vanishingly small in transfer-matrix calculations

In response to a recent Comment by Frahm et al. regarding our Letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 78}, 515 (1997)], we point out that no ``consistent picture'' exists for the enhancement of the localization length $λ_2$ for two interacting particles (TIP) proposed previously by Shepelyansky. In fact there are at least 3 different proposals for the dependence of $λ_2$ on interaction and disorder. Most analytical and numerical work following Shepelyansky's original approach neglected the phase correlations inherent in the interference phenomena of localization and thus appears at least questionable. In our Letter, we avoided this problem. Our results based on the transfer matrix method (TMM) led us to ``conclude that the TMM ... measures an enhancement ... which is ... due to the finiteness of the systems ''. In particular, we did not question the results of v. Oppen et al. reproduced in the Comment. We also note that in our Letter we explored the limit of large system size M and not the ``thermodynamic limit''. The latter implies of course a finite particle density quite different from the TIP problem. In any case, $λ_2$ does not correspond to ``extended states'', because it remains finite and smaller than M. Finally, to the best of our knowledge, there is no ``scaling theory of localization'' for TIP.

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