Localization of charged quantum particles in a static random magnetic field
Abstract
We consider a charged quantum particle in a random magnetic field with Gaussian, δ-correlated statistics. We show that although the single-particle properties are peculiar, two-particle quantities such as the diffusion constant can be calculated in perturbation theory. We map the problem onto a nonlinear σ model for Q matrices of unitary symmetry with renormalized diffusion coefficient for which all states are known to be localized in d=2 dimensions. Our results compare well with recent numerical data.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- June 1994
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:cond-mat/9404070
- Bibcode:
- 1994PhRvB..4916609A
- Keywords:
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- 72.10.Bg;
- 71.55.Jv;
- General formulation of transport theory;
- Disordered structures;
- amorphous and glassy solids;
- Condensed Matter
- E-Print:
- REVTEX, 12 pages, 1 figure attached as a postscript file. To appear in Phys.Rev.B