Critical Behaviors of Anderson Transitions in Three Dimensional Orthogonal Classes with Particle-hole Symmetries

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Luo, Xunlong, Xu, Baolong, Ohtsuki, Tomi, Shindou, Ryuichi
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 01.11.2019
• Subjects: Critical point; Exponents; Mathematical analysis; Matrix methods; Metal-insulator transition; Phase transitions; Physics - Disordered Systems and Neural Networks; Physics - Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics; Physics - Statistical Mechanics; Three dimensional models; Topological insulators; Topology
• ISSN: 2331-8422
• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.1910.10409

From transfer-matrix calculation of localization lengths and their finite-size scaling analyses, we evaluate critical exponents of the Anderson metal-insulator transition in three dimensional (3D) orthogonal class with particle-hole symmetry, class CI, as \(\nu=1.16\pm 0.02\). We further study disorder-driven quantum phase transitions in the 3D nodal line Dirac semimetal model, which belongs to class BDI, and estimate critical exponent as \(\nu=0.80\pm 0.02\). From a comparison of the critical exponents, we conclude that a disorder-driven re-entrant insulator-metal transition from the topological insulator phase in the class BDI to the diffusive metal phase belongs to the same universality class as the Anderson transition in the 3D class BDI. We also argue that an infinitesimally small disorder drives the nodal line Dirac semimetal in the clean limit to the diffusive metal.