• Disorder and the scaling theory of localization

  • Introduction to Disorder and the scaling theory of localization
  • Motivation
  • Simple limits: localized and extended states
  • Conductance scaling
  • Scaling flow diagram
  • Metal-insulator transition
  • Absence of localization for topological insulators
  • Conclusions: Disorder and the scaling theory of localization

• Flow diagram of topological insulators

  • Introduction to Flow diagram of topological insulators
  • A toy model for two-parameter scaling: the disordered Kitaev chain
  • The simpler effect of disorder
  • Two parameter scaling in one dimension
  • Critical point
  • Two parameter scaling in higher dimensions
  • Conclusions: Flow diagram of topological insulators