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Anderson localization of matter waves
Author(s) -
Bouyer P.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
annalen der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1521-3889
pISSN - 0003-3804
DOI - 10.1002/andp.200910391
Subject(s) - physics , conductance , delocalized electron , condensed matter physics , anderson impurity model , power law , scale invariance , criticality , statistical physics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , mathematics , statistics , nuclear physics , electron
The transport of quantum particles in non ideal material media is strongly affected by scattering from impurities of the medium. Even for a weak disorder, semi‐classical theories, such as those based on the Boltzmann equation for matter‐waves scattering from the impurities, often fail to describe transport properties and full quantum approaches are necessary. The properties of the quantum systems are of fundamental interest as they show intriguing and non‐intuitive phenomena that are not yet fully understood. Understanding quantum transport in amorphous solids is one of the main issues in this context, related to electric and thermal conductivities.