We describe a new multifractal finite size scaling (MFSS) procedure and its application to the Anderson localization-delocalization transition. MFSS permits the simultaneous estimation of the critical parameters and the multifractal exponents. Simulations of system sizes up to L 3 = 120 3 and involving nearly 10 6 independent wavefunctions have yielded unprecedented precision for the critical disorder Wc = 16.530(16.524, 16.536) and the critical exponent ν = 1.590(1.579, 1.602). We find that the multifractal exponents ∆q exhibit a previously predicted symmetry relation and we confirm the non-parabolic nature of their spectrum. We explain in detail the MFSS procedure first introduced in our Letter [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 046403 (2010)] and, in addition, we show how to take account of correlations in the simulation data. The MFSS procedure is applicable to any continuous phase transition exhibiting multifractal fluctuations in the vicinity of the critical point.
We report a finite size scaling study of the Anderson transition. Different scaling functions and different values for the critical exponent have been found, consistent with the existence of the orthogonal and unitary universality classes which occur in the field theory description of the transition. The critical conductance distribution at the Anderson transition has also been investigated and different distributions for the orthogonal and unitary classes obtained. [S0031-9007(97)
We report an estimate $\nu = 2.593$ $[ {2.587,2.598} ]$ of the critical
exponent of the Chalker-Coddington model of the integer quantum Hall effect
that is significantly larger than previous numerical estimates and in
disagreement with experiment. We conclude that models of non-interacting
electrons cannot explain the critical phenomena of the integer quantum Hall
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We report a careful finite size scaling study of the metal-insulator transition in Anderson's model of localization. We focus on the estimation of the critical exponent ν that describes the divergence of the localization length. We verify the universality of this critical exponent for three different distributions of the random potential: box, normal and Cauchy. Our results for the critical exponent are consistent with the measured values obtained in experiments on the dynamical localization transition in the quantum kicked rotor realized in a cold atomic gas.
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