Reversible to Irreversible Flow Transition in Periodically Driven Vortices
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-13 v2 Superconductivity
Abstract
We show that periodically driven superconducting vortices in the presence of quenched disorder exhibit a transition from reversible to irreversible flow under increasing vortex density or cycle period. This type of behavior has recently been observed for periodically sheared colloidal suspensions and we demonstrate that driven vortex systems exhibit remarkably similar behavior. We also provide evidence that the onset of irreversible behavior is a dynamical phase transition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0801.1131,
title = {Reversible to Irreversible Flow Transition in Periodically Driven Vortices},
author = {N. Mangan and C. Reichhardt and C. J. Olson Reichhardt},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.1131},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 postscript figures. Version to appear in Physical Review Letters