Demonstration of one-parameter scaling at the Dirac point in graphene

Abstract

We numerically calculate the conductivity $σ$ of an undoped graphene sheet (size $L$) in the limit of vanishingly small lattice constant. We demonstrate one-parameter scaling for random impurity scattering and determine the scaling function $β(σ)=d\lnσ/d\ln L$. Contrary to a recent prediction, the scaling flow has no fixed point ($β>0$) for conductivities up to and beyond the symplectic metal-insulator transition. Instead, the data supports an alternative scaling flow for which the conductivity at the Dirac point increases logarithmically with sample size in the absence of intervalley scattering -- without reaching a scale-invariant limit.

4 pages, 5 figures; v2: introduction expanded, data for Gaussian model extended to larger system sizes to further demonstrate single parameter scaling