Introduction to Anderson localization

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I find Anderson's original paper too terse. I am looking for something that introduces me gently to the subject so that I can understand Anderson's paper and other literature. What references are out there that introduce Anderson localization? Anything will work for me: lecture notes, review papers, introductory papers ...

Dani · Answer 1 · 2013-03-22T18:12:30.977

I do not know much about books on Anderson localization but there was a conference some time ago celebrating the $50$ years on the proposal by Anderson in which you can find many useful references. The list is here.

I can recommend you the course by van Tiggelen. He's quite an expert in this subject and Les Houches lectures tend to be very pedagogical.

There is also a book with the same title than the workshop but a bit more recent:

$50$ years of Anderson localization, E. Abrahams

The first chapter is written by P. W. Anderson himself.

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '13 at 08:35

In addition to what has already been said I would add:

The original paper is at this point historical; you are right to look for other sources.
You should also read about weak localization and coherent backscattering which are closely related.
A good reference is Chapter 5 of the 1st edition Electronic Transport in Mesoscopic Systems by S. Datta.

score 3 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 16 '17 at 16:38

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