Physics – Condensed Matter
Scientific paper
1993-10-15
Physics
Condensed Matter
29pp, REVTex, 1 Figure (same as PRL 70, 974 (1993)), db/93/6
Scientific paper
The effect of Cooperons on metal-insulator transitions (MIT) in disordered interacting electronic systems is studied. It is argued that previous results which concluded that Cooperons are qualitatively unimportant near the MIT might not be correct, and that the problem is much more complicated than had previously been realized. Although we do not completely solve the Cooperon problem, we propose a new approach that is at least internally consistent. Within this approach we find that in all universality classes where Cooperons are present, i.e. in the absence of magnetic impurities and magnetic fields, there are logarithmic corrections to scaling at the MIT. This result is used for a possible resolution of the so-called exponent puzzle for the conductivity near the MIT. A discussion of the relationship between theory and experiment is given. We also make a number of predictions concerning crossover effects which occur when a magnetic field is applied to a system with Cooperons.
Belitz Dietrich
Kirkpatrick Theodore R.
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