Localization of soft modes at the depinning transition

We characterize the soft modes of the dynamical matrix at the depinning transition, and compare the matrix with the properties of the Anderson model (and long-range generalizations). The density of states at the edge of the spectrum displays a universal linear tail, different from the Lifshitz tails...

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Autores: Cao, Xiangyu, Bouzat, Sebastian, Kolton, Alejandro Benedykt, Rosso, Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/98896
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/98896
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Depinning Transition
Depinning Model
Pinning
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Sumario:We characterize the soft modes of the dynamical matrix at the depinning transition, and compare the matrix with the properties of the Anderson model (and long-range generalizations). The density of states at the edge of the spectrum displays a universal linear tail, different from the Lifshitz tails. The eigenvectors are instead very similar in the two matrix ensembles. We focus on the ground state (soft mode), which represents the epicenter of avalanche instabilities. We expect it to be localized in all finite dimensions, and make a clear connection between its localization length and the Larkin length of the depinning model. In the fully connected model, we show that the weak-strong pinning transition coincides with a peculiar localization transition of the ground state.