Unified model for two localization problems: Electron states in spin-degenerate Landau levels and in a random magnetic field

D. K. K. Lee and J. T. Chalker
Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 1510 – Published 7 March 1994
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Abstract

A single model is presented which represents both of the two apparently unrelated localization problems of the title. The phase diagram of this model is examined using scaling ideas and numerical simulations. It is argued that the localization length in a spin-degenerate Landau level diverges at two distinct energies, with the same critical behavior as in a spin-split Landau level, and that all states of a charged particle moving in two dimensions, in a random magnetic field with zero average, are localized.

  • Received 27 September 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.1510

©1994 American Physical Society

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D. K. K. Lee and J. T. Chalker

  • Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, United Kingdom

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Vol. 72, Iss. 10 — 7 March 1994

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