Termination of typical wave-function multifractal spectra at the Anderson metal-insulator transition: Field theory description using the functional renormalization group

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Foster, Matthew S ^a,b   Ryu, Shinsei ^c   Ludwig, Andreas W W ^d  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 70249097669     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.075101     Document Type: Article

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