Multifractality at the Integer Quantum Hall Transition: Acquittal of the Parabolic Law
Abstract
Stationary wave functions at the integer quantum Hall transition are known to be multifractal, but the exact form of the multifractality spectrum has remained a subject of debate. While conformal field theory arguments predict a parabolic law, numerical simulations show deviations from parabolicity. We resolve this discrepancy by pointing out that powers of the local wave intensity fail to obey the Gaussian Free Field and Abelian Fusion Hypothesis assumed in earlier analysis. Rather, due to the non-Abelian nature of the underlying effective field theory, wave intensity correlators are dressed by insertions of background charge distributed uniformly in space. An exact expression for the q-moments of point-contact generated eigenstates is presented. Numerical tests are performed for the critical Chalker-Coddington network model on a rectangular torus. Our results are in precise agreement with the predictions of conformal symmetry realized as a level-4 current algebra.
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BibTeX
@misc{mu2026multifractality,
title = {{Multifractality at the Integer Quantum Hall Transition: Acquittal of the Parabolic Law}},
author = {Sen Mu and Abbas Ali Saberi and Martin R. Zirnbauer},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2606.21679},
eprint = {2606.21679},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21679},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Multifractality at the Integer Quantum Hall Transition: Acquittal of the Parabolic Law
AU - Sen Mu
AU - Abbas Ali Saberi
AU - Martin R. Zirnbauer
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/11
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2606.21679
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2606.21679
AB - Stationary wave functions at the integer quantum Hall transition are known to be multifractal, but the exact form of the multifractality spectrum has remained a subject of debate. While conformal field theory arguments predict a parabolic law, numerical simulations show deviations from parabolicity. We resolve this discrepancy by pointing out that powers of the local wave intensity fail to obey the Gaussian Free Field and Abelian Fusion Hypothesis assumed in earlier analysis. Rather, due to the non-Abelian nature of the underlying effective field theory, wave intensity correlators are dressed by insertions of background charge distributed uniformly in space. An exact expression for the q-moments of point-contact generated eigenstates is presented. Numerical tests are performed for the critical Chalker-Coddington network model on a rectangular torus. Our results are in precise agreement with the predictions of conformal symmetry realized as a level-4 current algebra.
ER -