Anderson localization from classical trajectories

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Brouwer, Piet W ^a   Altland, Alexander ^b  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b Inst für Theoretische Physik   (Germany)

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EID: 49249112663     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.075304     Document Type: Article

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