Temporal Order in Dirty Driven Periodic Media
Condensed Matter
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
We consider the non--equilibrium steady states of a driven charge density wave in the presence of impurities and noise. In three dimensions at strong drive, a true dynamical phase transition into a temporally periodic state with quasi--long--range translational order is predicted. In two dimensions, impurity induced phase slips are argued to destroy the periodic ``moving solid'' phase. Implications for narrow band noise measurements and relevance to other driven periodic media, e.g. vortex lattices, are discussed.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9504082,
title = {Temporal Order in Dirty Driven Periodic Media},
author = {Leon Balents and Matthew P. A. Fisher},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9504082},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, RevTeX twocolumn format with 1 figure included via epsf, appended as a self-unpacking uufiles archive. Postscript file available on the WWW at http://rheims.itp.ucsb.edu/~balents/