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Resistor-network anomalies in the heat transport of random harmonic chain

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2016-07-05 v3

Abstract

We consider thermal transport in low-dimensional disordered harmonic networks of coupled masses. Utilizing known results regarding Anderson localization, we derive the actual dependence of the thermal conductance GG on the length LL of the sample. This is required by nanotechnology implementations because for such networks Fourier's law G1/LαG \propto 1/L^{\alpha} with α=1\alpha=1 is violated. In particular we consider "glassy" disorder in the coupling constants, and find an anomaly which is related by duality to the Lifshitz-tail regime in the standard Anderson model.

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@article{arxiv.1601.02207,
  title  = {Resistor-network anomalies in the heat transport of random harmonic chain},
  author = {Isaac Weinberg and Yaron de Leeuw and Tsampikos Kottos and Doron Cohen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1601.02207},
  year   = {2016}
}

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9 pages, 8 figures, improved version