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A hidden Goldstone mechanism in the Kagom\'e lattice antiferromagnet
In this paper, we study the phases of the Heisenberg model on the \kagome
lattice with antiferromagnetic nearest neighbour coupling and
ferromagnetic next neighbour coupling . Analysing the long wavelength, low
energy effective action that describes this model, we arrive at the phase
diagram as a function of . The interesting part of
this phase diagram is that for small , which includes , there is
a phase with no long range spin order and with gapless and spin zero low lying
excitations. We discuss our results in the context of earlier, numerical and
experimental work.Comment: 21 pages, latex file with 5 figure
A Farewell to Liouvillians
We examine the Liouvillian approach to the quantum Hall plateau transition,
as introduced recently by Sinova, Meden, and Girvin [Phys. Rev. B {\bf 62},
2008 (2000)] and developed by Moore, Sinova and Zee [Phys. Rev. Lett. {\bf 87},
046801 (2001)]. We show that, despite appearances to the contrary, the
Liouvillian approach is not specific to the quantum mechanics of particles
moving in a single Landau level: we formulate it for a general disordered
single-particle Hamiltonian. We next examine the relationship between
Liouvillian perturbation theory and conventional calculations of
disorder-averaged products of Green functions and show that each term in
Liouvillian perturbation theory corresponds to a specific contribution to the
two-particle Green function. As a consequence, any Liouvillian approximation
scheme may be re-expressed in the language of Green functions. We illustrate
these ideas by applying Liouvillian methods, including their extension to Liouvillian flavors, to random matrix ensembles, using numerical
calculations for small integer and an analytic analysis for large .
We find that behavior at is different in qualitative ways from that
at . In particular, the limit expressed using Green
functions generates a pathological approximation, in which two-particle
correlation functions fail to factorize correctly at large separations of their
energy, and exhibit spurious singularities inside the band of random matrix
energy levels. We also consider the large treatment of the quantum Hall
plateau transition, showing that the same undesirable features are present
there, too
Multifractality and critical fluctuations at the Anderson transition
Critical fluctuations of wave functions and energy levels at the Anderson
transition are studied for the family of the critical power-law random banded
matrix ensembles. It is shown that the distribution functions of the inverse
participation ratios (IPR) are scale-invariant at the critical point,
with a power-law asymptotic tail. The IPR distribution, the multifractal
spectrum and the level statistics are calculated analytically in the limits of
weak and strong couplings, as well as numerically in the full range of
couplings.Comment: 14 pages, 13 eps figure
Electrostatic theory for imaging experiments on local charges in quantum Hall systems
We use a simple electrostatic treatment to model recent experiments on
quantum Hall systems, in which charging of localised states by addition of
integer or fractionally-charged quasiparticles is observed. Treating the
localised state as a compressible quantum dot or antidot embedded in an
incompressible background, we calculate the electrostatic potential in its
vicinity as a function of its charge, and the chemical potential values at
which its charge changes. The results offer a quantitative framework for
analysis of the observations.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
Network models for localisation problems belonging to the chiral symmetry classes
We consider localisation problems belonging to the chiral symmetry classes,
in which sublattice symmetry is responsible for singular behaviour at a band
centre. We formulate models which have the relevant symmetries and which are
generalisations of the network model introduced previously in the context of
the integer quantum Hall plateau transition. We show that the generalisations
required can be re-expressed as corresponding to the introduction of absorption
and amplification into either the original network model, or the variants of it
that represent disordered superconductors. In addition, we demonstrate that by
imposing appropriate constraints on disorder, a lattice version of the Dirac
equation with a random vector potential can be obtained, as well as new types
of critical behaviour. These models represent a convenient starting point for
analytic discussions and computational studies, and we investigate in detail a
two-dimensional example without time-reversal invariance. It exhibits both
localised and critical phases, and band-centre singularities in the critical
phase approach more closely in small systems the expected asymptotic form than
in other known realisations of the symmetry class.Comment: 14 pages, 15 figures, Submitted to Physical Review
Critical statistics in a power-law random banded matrix ensemble
We investigate the statistical properties of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors
in a random matrix ensemble with . It is known that
this model shows a localization-delocalization transition (LDT) as a function
of the parameter . The model is critical at and the eigenstates
are multifractals. Based on numerical simulations we demonstrate that the
spectral statistics at criticality differs from semi-Poisson statistics which
is expected to be a general feature of systems exhibiting a LDT or `weak
chaos'.Comment: 4 pages in PS including 5 figure
On the statistics of resonances and non-orthogonal eigenfunctions in a model for single-channel chaotic scattering
We describe analytical and numerical results on the statistical properties of
complex eigenvalues and the corresponding non-orthogonal eigenvectors for
non-Hermitian random matrices modeling one-channel quantum-chaotic scattering
in systems with broken time-reversal invariance.Comment: 4 pages, 2 figure
Single electron magneto-conductivity of a nondegenerate 2D electron system in a quantizing magnetic field
We study transport properties of a non-degenerate two-dimensional system of
non-interacting electrons in the presence of a quantizing magnetic field and a
short-range disorder potential. We show that the low-frequency
magnetoconductivity displays a strongly asymmetric peak at a nonzero frequency.
The shape of the peak is restored from the calculated 14 spectral moments, the
asymptotic form of its high-frequency tail, and the scaling behavior of the
conductivity for omega -> 0. We also calculate 10 spectral moments of the
cyclotron resonance absorption peak and restore the corresponding
(non-singular) frequency dependence using the continuous fraction expansion.
Both expansions converge rapidly with increasing number of included moments,
and give numerically accurate results throughout the region of interest. We
discuss the possibility of experimental observation of the predicted effects
for electrons on helium.Comment: RevTeX 3.0, 14 pages, 8 eps figures included with eps
Quantum and classical localisation, the spin quantum Hall effect and generalisations
We consider network models for localisation problems belonging to symmetry
class C. This symmetry class arises in a description of the dynamics of
quasiparticles for disordered spin-singlet superconductors which have a
Bogoliubov - de Gennes Hamiltonian that is invariant under spin rotations but
not under time-reversal. Our models include but also generalise the one studied
previously in the context of the spin quantum Hall effect. For these systems we
express the disorder-averaged conductance and density of states in terms of
sums over certain classical random walks, which are self-avoiding and have
attractive interactions. A transition between localised and extended phases of
the quantum system maps in this way to a similar transition for the classical
walks. In the case of the spin quantum Hall effect, the classical walks are the
hulls of percolation clusters, and our approach provides an alternative
derivation of a mapping first established by Gruzberg, Read and Ludwig, Phys.
Rev. Lett. 82, 4254 (1999).Comment: 11 pages, 5 figure
Layering in the Ising model
We consider the three-dimensional Ising model in a half-space with a boundary
field (no bulk field). We compute the low-temperature expansion of layering
transition lines
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