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Critical exponents of the driven elastic string in a disordered medium

2005/01/30 by Olaf Duemmer, Werner Krauth · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation #Physics of Superconductivity and Magnetism #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.dis-nn #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreve.71.061601

published as Phys. Rev. E 71, 061601 (2005) (4 pages) · 4 pages, 3 figures. corrected references and typos

arxiv created 2005/01/30 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/16 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We analyze the harmonic elastic string driven through a continuous random potential above the depinning threshold. The velocity exponent beta = 0.33(2) is calculated. We observe a crossover in the roughness exponent zeta from the critical value 1.26 to the asymptotic (large force) value of 0.5. We calculate directly the velocity correlation function and the corresponding correlation length exponent nu = 1.29(5), which obeys the scaling relation nu = 1/(2 - zeta), and agrees with nu(FS), the finite-size-scaling exponent of fluctuations in the critical force. Surprisingly, the velocity correlation function is nonuniversal at short distances.

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