Localization in Two Dimensions, Gaussian Field Theories, and Multifractality

Claudio de C. Chamon, Christopher Mudry, and Xiao-Gang Wen
Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 4194 – Published 11 November 1996
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Abstract

We calculate nonperturbatively the multifractal scaling exponents of the critical wave function for two dimensional Dirac fermions in the presence of a random magnetic field. We do so by arguing that the multifractal scaling exponents can be expressed in terms of the free energy of random directed polymers on a Cayley tree. We find a weak-strong disorder transition for the multifractal scaling exponents of the wave function that is parallel to the freezing or glassy transition of the random polymer model.

  • Received 17 October 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.4194

©1996 American Physical Society

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Claudio de C. Chamon, Christopher Mudry, and Xiao-Gang Wen

  • Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Vol. 77, Iss. 20 — 11 November 1996

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