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Multifractality of wave functions at the quantum Hall transition revisited

F. Evers, A. Mildenberger, and A. D. Mirlin
Phys. Rev. B 64, 241303(R) – Published 16 November 2001
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Abstract

We investigate numerically the statistics of wave function amplitudes ψ(r) at the integer quantum Hall transition. It is demonstrated that in the limit of a large system size the distribution function of |ψ|2 is log-normal, so that the multifractal spectrum f(α) is exactly parabolic. Our findings lend strong support to a recent conjecture for a critical theory of the quantum Hall transition.

  • Received 22 August 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.241303

©2001 American Physical Society

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F. Evers1, A. Mildenberger2, and A. D. Mirlin1,2,*

  • 1Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 2Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

  • *Also at Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188350 St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Vol. 64, Iss. 24 — 15 December 2001

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