Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2008-10-27
Phys. Rev. B 79, 125401 (2009)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
10 pages, 8 figures; published version
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.125401
Generic classical electron motion in a strong perpendicular magnetic field and random potential reduces to the bond percolation on a square lattice. Here we point out that for certain smooth 2D potentials with 120 degrees rotational symmetry this problem reduces to the site percolation on a triangular lattice. We use this observation to develop an approximate analytical description of the integer quantum Hall transition. For this purpose we devise a quantum generalization of the real-space renormalization group (RG) treatment of the site percolation on the triangular lattice. In quantum case, the RG transformation describes the evolution of the distribution of the $3\times 3$ scattering matrix at the sites. We find the fixed point of this distribution and use it to determine the critical exponent, $\nu$, for which we find the value $\nu \approx 2.3-2.76$. The RG step involves only a single Hikami box, and thus can serve as a minimal RG description of the quantum Hall transition.
Mkhitaryan V. V.
Raikh Mikhail E.
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