An elastic lattice in a random potential
Superconductivity
2009-10-30 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Abstract
Using Monte Carlo simulations, we study the properties of an elastic triangular lattice subject to a random background potential. As the cooling rate is reduced, we observe a rather sudden crossover between two different glass phases, one with exponential decay of correlations, the other with power-law decay. Contrary to predictions derived from continuum models, no evidence of a crossover in the mean-square displacement, B(r), from quadratic growth at small r, to logarithmic growth at large r is found.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9710184,
title = {An elastic lattice in a random potential},
author = {Eugene M. Chudnovsky and Ronald Dickman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9710184},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, RevTex, four postscript figures