| Literature DB >> 29601744 |
Tianxing Ma1,2, Lufeng Zhang1, Chia-Chen Chang3, Hsiang-Hsuan Hung4, Richard T Scalettar3.
Abstract
Using exact quantum Monte Carlo calculations, we examine the interplay between localization of electronic states driven by many-body correlations and that by randomness in a two-dimensional system featuring linearly vanishing density of states at the Fermi level. A novel disorder-induced nonmagnetic insulating phase is found to emerge from the zero-temperature quantum critical point separating a semimetal and a Mott insulator. Within this phase, a phase transition from a gapless Anderson-like insulator to a gapped Mott-like insulator is identified. Implications of the phase diagram are also discussed.Entities:
Year: 2018 PMID: 29601744 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.116601
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161