SWhat changed
Presented a disordered-lattice model in which sufficiently strong randomness localizes states and prevents diffusion, with criteria for the onset of transport in the model.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact 1958 Physical Review paper. Later mobility-edge scaling, interacting localization, experimental realizations and generalized wave-localization results remain separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1958 Physical Review paper. Later mobility-edge scaling, interacting localization, experimental realizations and generalized wave-localization results remain separate.
Contributors
- Philip W. Anderson · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- APS record for absence of diffusion in random lattices
- Crossref record for Anderson localization paper
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