TY - JOUR
T1 - Exact calculation of multifractal exponents of the critical wave function of Dirac fermions in a random magnetic field
AU - Castillo, Horacio E.
AU - de C. Chamon, Claudio
AU - Fradkin, Eduardo
AU - Goldbart, Paul M.
AU - Mudry, Christopher
PY - 1997
Y1 - 1997
N2 - The multifractal scaling exponents are calculated for the critical wave function of a two-dimensional Dirac fermion in the presence of a random magnetic field. It is shown that the problem of calculating the multifractal spectrum maps into the thermodynamics of a static particle in a random potential. The multifractal exponents are simply given in terms of thermodynamic functions, such as free energy and entropy, which are argued to be self-averaging in the thermodynamic limit. These thermodynamic functions are shown to coincide exactly with those of a generalized random energy model, in agreement with previous results obtained using Gaussian field theories in an ultrametric space.
AB - The multifractal scaling exponents are calculated for the critical wave function of a two-dimensional Dirac fermion in the presence of a random magnetic field. It is shown that the problem of calculating the multifractal spectrum maps into the thermodynamics of a static particle in a random potential. The multifractal exponents are simply given in terms of thermodynamic functions, such as free energy and entropy, which are argued to be self-averaging in the thermodynamic limit. These thermodynamic functions are shown to coincide exactly with those of a generalized random energy model, in agreement with previous results obtained using Gaussian field theories in an ultrametric space.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.10668
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevB.56.10668
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000684152
SN - 1098-0121
VL - 56
SP - 10668
EP - 10677
JO - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
JF - Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
IS - 16
ER -