Disordered Dirac fermions: The Marriage of three different approaches
Dec, 200026 pages
Published in:
- Nucl.Phys.B 618 (2001) 465-499
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- cond-mat/0012240 [cond-mat]
Report number:
- OUTP-00-09
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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We compare the critical multipoint correlation functions for two-dimensional (massless) Dirac fermions in the presence of a random su ( N ) (non-Abelian) gauge potential, obtained by three different methods. We critically reexamine previous results obtained using the replica approach and in the limit of infinite disorder strength and compare them to new results (presented here) obtained using the supersymmetric approach to the N =2 case. We demonstrate that this ménage à trois of different approaches leads to identical results. Remarkable relations between apparently different conformal field theories (CFTs) are thereby obtained. We further establish a connection between the random Dirac fermion problem and the c =−2 theory of dense polymers. The presence of the c =−2 theory may be seen in all three different treatments of the disorder.Note:
- 38 pages, extended version submitted to NPB Report-no: OUTP-00-09 Subj-class: Mesoscopic Systems and Quantum Hall Effect; Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
- 72.15.Rh
- 71.30.+h
- Localization
- Multifractality
- Conformal symmetry
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