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3. Disorder<br />

backscattering length l −1<br />

B [124]. This holds very generally for particle-like<br />

and for phonon-like excitations. From (3.51) we deduce<br />

Γloc =<br />

2 V C1(2kσ)<br />

σ k2<br />

8µ 2 (1 + k2ξ2 /2) 2,<br />

(3.52)<br />

which agrees with the findings <strong>of</strong> [33], and also with [79], where the limits<br />

σ → 0 and ξ → 0 have been investigated. It should be noted that these<br />

approaches employ the phase-formalism that is particularly suited for 1D<br />

systems, whereas our Green-function theory permits to go to higher dimensions<br />

without conceptual difficulties.<br />

Also in two dimensions, the localization length is related to the Boltzmann<br />

transport length lB, but it is not the same scale. By using scaling<br />

theory [17, chapter 8.2], it can be shown that the localization length de-<br />

pends exponentially on klB<br />

�<br />

π<br />

lloc = lB exp<br />

2 klB<br />

�<br />

. (3.53)<br />

This result was derived for electrons, i.e. for particles, but also the localization<br />

length <strong>of</strong> phonons scales exponentially [29].<br />

In three dimensions, the question <strong>of</strong> localization is less clear, because localized<br />

and delocalized states coexist and phonons and particles have different<br />

characteristics [29] (section 5.3).<br />

3.4.5. Renormalization <strong>of</strong> the dispersion relation<br />

In this subsection, the (real) shift <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Bogoliubov</strong> dispersion relation due<br />

to the disorder potential is derived. In the limit <strong>of</strong> small kξ, this shift is the<br />

correction <strong>of</strong> the speed <strong>of</strong> sound.<br />

In the grand canonical ensemble, which was employed so far, the correction<br />

is directly given by the self-energy, which is here taken in the on-shell<br />

Born approximation. From the real part <strong>of</strong> (3.46), the disorder-averaged<br />

dispersion relation is found as<br />

ɛk = ɛk + ReΣ B (k, ɛk) . (3.54)<br />

We define the relative correction in units <strong>of</strong> V 2<br />

0 /µ 2 , i.e., we take the scaling<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Born approximation into account<br />

Λµ(k) := µ2<br />

V 2<br />

0<br />

ɛk − ɛk<br />

ɛk<br />

= µ2<br />

V 2<br />

0<br />

ReΣB (k, ɛk)<br />

. (3.55)<br />

The subscript µ indicates, that the disorder is ramped up at constant chemical<br />

potential µ.<br />

76<br />

ɛk

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