corner
corner

Rev. Mod. Phys. 80, 1355–1417 (2008)

Anderson transitions

Download: PDF (1,689 kB) Buy this article Export: BibTeX or EndNote (RIS)

Ferdinand Evers
Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany and Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany

Alexander D. Mirlin
Institut für Nanotechnologie, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, 76021 Karlsruhe, Germany; Institut für Theorie der Kondensierten Materie, Universität Karlsruhe, 76128 Karlsruhe, Germany; and Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute, 188300 St. Petersburg, Russia

Published 17 October 2008

The physics of Anderson transitions between localized and metallic phases in disordered systems is reviewed. The term “Anderson transition” is understood in a broad sense, including both metal-insulator transitions and quantum-Hall-type transitions between phases with localized states. The emphasis is put on recent developments, which include multifractality of critical wave functions, criticality in the power-law random banded matrix model, symmetry classification of disordered electronic systems, mechanisms of criticality in quasi-one-dimensional and two-dimensional systems and survey of corresponding critical theories, network models, and random Dirac Hamiltonians. Analytical approaches are complemented by advanced numerical simulations.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/RevModPhys.80.1355
DOI:
10.1103/RevModPhys.80.1355
PACS:
71.30.+h, 73.43.−f, 72.15.Rn, 73.20.Fz