Depinning of interacting particles in random media

Authors
Zapperi, S Andrade, JS Mendes, J
Citation
S. Zapperi et al., Depinning of interacting particles in random media, PHYS REV B, 61(21), 2000, pp. 14791-14794
Citations number
30
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
ISSN journal
01631829 → ACNP
Volume
61
Issue
21
Year of publication
2000
Pages
14791 - 14794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-1829(20000601)61:21<14791:DOIPIR>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We study the overdamped motion of interacting particles in a random medium using the model introduced by Pla and Nori [Phys. Rev. Lett. 67, 919 (1991) ]. We investigate the associated depinning transition by numerical integrat ion of the equation of motion and show evidence that the model is in the sa me universality class of a driven elastic chain on a rough substrate. We di scuss the implications of these results for flux line motion in type-II sup erconductors.