A numerical finite size scaling approach to many-body localization

dc.creatorFleury, Genevieve
dc.creatorWaintal, Xavier
dc.date2007-09-14
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:46:00Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:46:00Z
dc.descriptionWe develop a numerical technique to study Anderson localization in interacting electronic systems. The ground state of the disordered system is calculated with quantum Monte-Carlo simulations while the localization properties are extracted from the ``Thouless conductance'' $g$, i.e. the curvature of the energy with respect to an Aharonov-Bohm flux. We apply our method to polarized electrons in a two dimensional system of size $L$. We recover the well known universal $β(g)=\rm{d}\log g/\rm{d}\log L$ one parameter scaling function without interaction. Upon switching on the interaction, we find that $β(g)$ is unchanged while the system flows toward the insulating limit. We conclude that polarized electrons in two dimensions stay in an insulating state in the presence of weak to moderate electron-electron correlations.
dc.description5 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2244
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0709.2244
dc.identifierPhys. Rev. Lett. 100, 076602 (2008)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.076602
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/221235
dc.subjectDisordered Systems and Neural Networks
dc.subjectStrongly Correlated Electrons
dc.titleA numerical finite size scaling approach to many-body localization
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