Spectral Properties of Three Dimensional Layered Quantum Hall Systems

Abstract

We investigate the spectral statistics of a network model for a three dimensional layered quantum Hall system numerically. The scaling of the quantity $J_0={1/2}< s^2>$ is used to determine the critical exponent $\nu$ for several interlayer coupling strengths. Furthermore, we determine the level spacing distribution $P(s)$ as well as the spectral compressibility $\chi$ at criticality. We show that the tail of $P(s)$ decays as $\exp(-\kappa s)$ with $\kappa=1/(2\chi)$ and also numerically verify the equation $\chi=(d-D_2)/(2d)$, where $D_2$ is the correlation dimension and $d=3$ the spatial dimension.