Chalker scaling, level repulsion, and conformal invariance in critically delocalized quantum matter: Disordered topological superconductors and artificial graphene

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arXiv:1402.6797Physical Review BApr 30, 201428 citations

Physica B Condensed Matter

Disordered critical wave functions of two-dimensional Dirac fermions on a lattice

Yasuhiro Hatsugai, Yoshifumi Morita, Xiao-Gang Wen, Mahito Kohmoto

Published Jun 1, 1998• 0 citations

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DOI: 10.1016/s0921-4526(98)00320-2

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