Multifractality at non-Anderson disorder-driven transitions in Weyl semimetals and other systems

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2016.08.012MaRDI QIDQ1700974zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors S. V. Syzranov, Victor Gurarie, Leo Radzihovsky

Publication date 22 February 2018

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1604.07947

zbMATH Keywords

Anderson localisationmultifractalityrenormalisation groupWeyl semimetals

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Perturbative methods of renormalization applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T15) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Statistical mechanics of crystals (82D25) Statistical mechanics of metals (82D35)

Abstract: Systems with the power-law quasiparticle dispersion $$ exhibit non-Anderson disorder-driven transitions in dimensions $d>2alpha$, as exemplified by Weyl semimetals, 1D and 2D arrays of ultracold ions with long-range interactions, quantum kicked rotors and semiconductor models in high dimensions. We study the wavefunction structure in such systems and demonstrate that at these transitions they exhibit fractal behaviour with an infinite set of multifractal exponents. The multifractality persists even when the wavefunction localisation is forbidden by symmetry or topology and occurs as a result of elastic scattering between all momentum states in the band on length scales shorter than the mean free path. We calculate explicitly the multifractal spectra in semiconductors and Weyl semimetals using one-loop and two-loop renormalisation-group approaches slightly above the marginal dimension $d=2alpha$.

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