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Finite-size scaling analysis of localization transition for scalar waves in a 3D ensemble of resonant point scatterers

We use the random Green's matrix model to study the scaling properties of the localization transition for scalar waves in a three-dimensional (3D) ensemble of resonant point scatterers. We show that the probability density $p(g)$ of normalized decay rates of quasi-modes $g$ is very broad at the transition and in the localized regime and that it does not obey a single-parameter scaling law for finite system sizes that we can access. The single-parameter scaling law holds, however, for the small-$g$ part of $p(g)$ which we exploit to estimate the critical exponent $ν$ of the localization transition. Finite-size scaling analysis of small-$q$ percentiles $g_q$ of $p(g)$ yields an estimate $ν\simeq 1.55 \pm 0.07$. This value is consistent with previous results for Anderson transition in the 3D orthogonal universality class and suggests that the localization transition under study belongs to the same class.