NEARLY LOCALIZED STATES IN WEAKLY DISORDERED CONDUCTORS

The time dispersion of the averaged conductance G(t) of a mesoscopic sample is calculated in the long-time limit when t is much larger than the diffusion traveling time tD. In this case the functional integral in the effective supersymmetric field theory is determined by the saddle-point contribution. If t is shorter than the inverse level spacing (t/Latin small letter h with stroke1), then G(t) decays as exp[-t/tD]. In the ultra-long-time limit (t/Latin small letter h with stroke1) the conductance G(t) is determined by the electron states that are poorly connected with the outside leads. The probability to find such a state decreases more slowly than any exponential function as t tends to infinity. It is worth mentioning that the saddle-point equation looks very similar to the well known Eilenberger equation in the theory of dirty superconductors. © 1995 The American Physical Society.