Topological phase transitions in the 1D multichannel Dirac equation with random mass and a random matrix model

Aur Grabsch 1, 2 Christophe Texier 2

Europhys.Lett., 2016, 〈10.1209/0295-5075/116/17004〉

We establish the connection between a multichannel disordered model —the 1D Dirac equation with $N\times N$ matrix random mass— and a random matrix model corresponding to a deformation of the Laguerre ensemble. This allows us to derive exact determinantal representations for the density of states and identify its low-energy $(\varepsilon\to0)$ behaviour $\rho(\varepsilon)\sim|\varepsilon|^{\alpha-1}$ . The vanishing of the exponent α for N specific values of the averaged mass over disorder ratio corresponds to N phase transitions of topological nature characterised by the change of a quantum number (Witten index) which is deduced straightforwardly in the matrix model.

  • 1. ENS Cachan – École normale supérieure – Cachan
  • 2. LPTMS – Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques

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