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Force-Force Correlator for Driven Disordered Systems at Finite Temperature

Statistical Mechanics 2022-12-13 v2

Abstract

When driving a disordered elastic manifold through quenched disorder, the pinning forces exerted on the center of mass are fluctuating, with mean fc=Fwf_c=-\overline{F_w} and variance Δ(w)=FwF0c\Delta(w)=\overline{F_w F_0}^c, where ww is the externally imposed control parameter for the preferred position of the center of mass. Δ(w)\Delta(w) was obtained via the functional renormalization group in the limit of vanishing temperature T0T\to 0, and vanishing driving velocity v0v\to 0. There are two fixed points, and deformations thereof, which are well understood: The depinning fixed point (T0T\to 0 before v0v\to 0) rounded at v>0v>0, and the zero-temperature equilibrium fixed point (v0v\to 0 before T0T\to 0) rounded at T>0T>0. Here we consider the whole parameter space of driving velocity v>0v>0 and temperature T>0T>0, and quantify numerically the crossover between these two fixed points.

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@article{arxiv.2201.12652,
  title  = {Force-Force Correlator for Driven Disordered Systems at Finite Temperature},
  author = {Cathelijne ter Burg and Kay Jörg Wiese},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2201.12652},
  year   = {2022}
}
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