One-parameter Superscaling at the Metal-Insulator Transition in Three Dimensions

Imre Varga, Etienne Hofstetter, Janos Pipek

Published 1997-10-17, updated 1999-04-20Version 2

Based on the spectral statistics obtained in numerical simulations on three dimensional disordered systems within the tight--binding approximation, a new superuniversal scaling relation is presented that allows us to collapse data for the orthogonal, unitary and symplectic symmetry ($\beta=1,2,4$) onto a single scaling curve. This relation provides a strong evidence for one-parameter scaling existing in these systems which exhibit a second order phase transition. As a result a possible one-parameter family of spacing distribution functions, $P_g(s)$, is given for each symmetry class $\beta$, where $g$ is the dimensionless conductance.