50 years of Anderson localization
By: editor, Elihu Abrahams
Series: International journal of modern physics : B, condensed matter physics, statistical physics, applied physics -- v. 24, no. 12 & 13, pt. 1-2; International journal of modern physics : -- v. 24, no. 12/13, pt. 1-2.
Publisher: World Scientific
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Singapore; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9789814299060; 9789814299077
Subjects: Anderson-theorie; Entropie; Fase-overgangen; Condensed matter; Lokalisatie; Metaal halfgeleiderovergang; Anderson-Lokalisation; Wanordelijke media; Quantum theory; Elektroncorrelatie; Vibronische koppeling; Elektronenstructuur
Other titles: Fifty years of Anderson localization
Description: This unique volume celebrates the five decades of the impact of Anderson localization on modern physics. In addition to the historical perspective on its origin, it provides a comprehensive description of the experimental and theoretical aspects of Anderson localization.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Thoughts on localization / P.W. Anderson; title: Anderson localization in the seventies and beyond / D. Thouless; title: Intrinsic electron localization in manganites / T.V. Ramakrishnan; title: Self-consistent theory of Anderson localization: general formalism and applications / P. Wölfle and D. Vollhardt; title: Anderson localization and supersymmetry / K.B. Efetov; title: Anderson transitions: criticality, symmetries and topologies / A.D. Mirlin, F. Evers, I.V. Gornyi and P.M. Ostrovsky; title: Scaling of von Neumann entropy at the Anderson transition / S. Chakravarty; title: From Anderson localization to Mesoscopic physics / M. Büttiker and M. Moskalets; title: The localization transition at finite temperatures: electric and thermal transport / Y. Imry and A. Amir; title: Localization and the metal-insulator transition - experimental observations / R.C. Dynes; title: Weak localization and its applications as an experimental tool / G. Bergmann; title: Weak localization and electron-electron interaction effects in thin metal wires and films / N. Giordano; title: Inhomogeneous fixed point ensembles revisited / F.J. Wegner; title: Quantum network models and classical localization problems / J. Cardy; title: Mathematical aspects of Anderson localization / T. Spencer; title: Finite size scaling analysis of the Anderson transition / B. Kramer, A. MacKinnon, T. Ohtsuki and K. Slevin; title: A metal-insulator transition in 2D: established facts and open questions / S.V. Kravchenko and M.P. Sarachik; title: Disordered electron liquid with interactions / A.M. Finkel̕stein; title: Typical-medium theory of Mott-Anderson localization / V. Dobrosavljevic̓; title: Anderson localization vs. Mott-Hubbard metal-insulator transition in disordered, interacting lattice fermion systems / K. Byczuk, W. Hofstetter and D. Vollhardt; title: Topological principles in the theory of Anderson localization / A.M.M. Pruisken; title: Speckle statistics in the photon localization transition / A.Z. Genack and J. Wang.