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Mean field theory of the Mott-Anderson transition

V. Dobrosavljevic, G. Kotliar

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/9611100

Abstract

We present a theory for disordered interacting electrons that can describe both the Mott and the Anderson transition in the respective limits of zero disorder and zero interaction. We use it to investigate the T=0 Mott-Anderson transition at a fixed electron density, as a the disorder strength is increased. Surprisingly, we find two critical values of disorder Wnfl and Wc. For W > Wnfl, the system enters a ``Griffiths'' phase, displaying metallic non-Fermi liquid behavior. At even stronger disorder, W=Wc > Wnfl the system undergoes a metal insulator transition, characterized by the linear vanishing of both the typical density of states and the typical quasiparticle weight.

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