title: Reconciling conductance fluctuations and the scaling theory of localization.
abstract: We reconcile the phenomenon of mesoscopic conductance fluctuations with the single parameter scaling theory of the Anderson transition. We calculate three averages of the conductance distribution, exp(<lng>), <g>, and 1/<R>, where g is the conductance in units of e(2)/h and R = 1/g is the resistance, and demonstrate that these quantities obey single parameter scaling laws. We obtain consistent estimates of the critical exponent from the scaling of all these quantities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1-1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Slevin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Markos
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohtsuki