Crossover and scaling phenomena in a disordered Fermi liquid

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Abstract
We consider Finkelshtein’s model for a disordered Fermi liquid. We show that logarithmic terms at two-loop order suppress the fixed point proposed by Castellani et al. Spin transport slows down dramatically, and in d=2+ε a sizable scaling region exists. We show that in the scaling region the apparent conductivity exponent is zero to all orders in a loop expansion. This implies that the charge transport is unaffected by the crossover in the spin system. Experiments compare favorably with this scenario. Further measurements of the Wilson ratio are proposed.