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arxiv: 1505.07374 · v2 · pith:F5673CL7new · submitted 2015-05-27 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall · cond-mat.dis-nn· cond-mat.str-el

Quantum Critical Exponents for a Disordered Three-Dimensional Weyl Node

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Three-dimensional Dirac and Weyl semimetals exhibit a disorder-induced quantum phase transition between a semimetallic phase at weak disorder and a diffusive-metallic phase at strong disorder. Despite considerable effort, both numerically and analytically, the critical exponents $\nu$ and $z$ of this phase transition are not known precisely. Here we report a numerical calculation of the critical exponent $\nu=1.47\pm0.03$ using a minimal single-Weyl node model and a finite-size scaling analysis of conductance. Our high-precision numerical value for $\nu$ is incompatible with previous numerical studies on tight-binding models and with one- and two-loop calculations in an $\epsilon$-expansion scheme. We further obtain $z=1.49\pm0.02$ from the scaling of the conductivity with chemical potential.

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