GLASSY MOTION OF AN ELASTIC STRING

Authors
KAPER HG LEAF GK LEVINE DM VINOKUR V
Citation
Hg. Kaper et al., GLASSY MOTION OF AN ELASTIC STRING, Physical review letters, 71(22), 1993, pp. 3713-3716
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
71
Issue
22
Year of publication
1993
Pages
3713 - 3716
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1993)71:22<3713:GMOAES>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Numerical simulations of a driven elastic string in a quenched random potential at finite temperatures support the existence of glassy motio n for sufficiently weak driving forces. Avalanchelike string motion is observed in the transition region.