L-7

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Goal : This is the first lecture about the localization. Localization is a wave phenomenon induced by disorder.

The Gaussian packet of free particles: the ballistic behaviour

Consider the Hamiltonian of a free particle together with its separable solutions


BCE and 1D localization
BCE and 1D localization

The conductance and the diffusive behaviour

Ohm's laws characterize electric transport of (good or bad) conductors:

  • First law:

Here is the resistence of the sample and is its conductance.\

  • Second law

Here are the resistivity and the conductivity. These are material properties, independent of the geometry of the sample These phenomenological laws are a macroscpic manifestation of the diffusive motion of the electrons. From the Drude model we know that disorder is the crucial ingredient to justify the presence of diffusion. ]