NONUNIVERSAL DELOCALIZATION IN A STRONG MAGNETIC-FIELD

被引:38
作者
MIECK, B
机构
[1] Max-Planck-Institut fur Kernphysik, Heidelberg
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1990年 / 13卷 / 05期
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D O I
10.1209/0295-5075/13/5/013
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A method is described for a proper numerical simulation of various random potentials and is used to compare the distributions of the potentials, projected onto the first two Landau bands. In the case of a slowly varying potential (correlation length » cyclotron radius) we find a universal distribution, proving an expected universality for the delocalization transition, whereas for a short-range potential the distributions in the higher Landau bands become nonuniversal. Numerical simulations in the first Landau level support nonuniversal localization properties for very short-range correlations. © 1990 IOP Publishing Ltd.
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页码:453 / 458
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