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Alex Kamenev

Anderson Localization from the Replica Formalism
A. Altland, A. Kamenev, and C. Tian , Phys. Rev. Lett. 95, 206601 (2005)

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Abstract

We study Anderson localization in quasi-one-dimensional disordered wires within the framework of the replica ? model. Applying a semiclassical approach (geodesic action plus Gaussian fluctuations) recently introduced within the context of supersymmetry by Lamacraft, Simons, and Zirnbauer, we compute the exact density of transmission matrix eigenvalues of superconducting wires (of symmetry class CI.) For the unitary class of metallic systems (class A) we are able to obtain the density function, save for its large transmission tail.