Physics – Condensed Matter – Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Scientific paper
2011-01-12
Phys. Rev. E 83, 061116 (2011)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
16 pages, 7 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.83.061116
We consider a particle in one dimension submitted to amplitude and phase disorder. It can be mapped onto the complex Burgers equation, and provides a toy model for problems with interplay of interferences and disorder, such as the NSS model of hopping conductivity in disordered insulators and the Chalker-Coddington model for the (spin) quantum Hall effect. The model has three distinct phases: (I) a {\em high-temperature} or weak disorder phase, (II) a {\em pinned} phase for strong amplitude disorder, and (III) a {\em diffusive} phase for strong phase disorder, but weak amplitude disorder. We compute analytically the renormalized disorder correlator, equivalent to the Burgers velocity-velocity correlator at long times. In phase III, it assumes a universal form. For strong phase disorder, interference leads to a logarithmic singularity, related to zeroes of the partition sum, or poles of the complex Burgers velocity field. These results are valuable in the search for the adequate field theory for higher-dimensional systems.
Dobrinevski Alexander
Doussal Pierre Le
Wiese Kay Jörg
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