Instabilities and correlations of an elastic lattice in a random potential

H. J. Jensen, Y. Brechet, B. Doucot, A. Brass

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Abstract

We study the response of a two-dimensional ideal lattice as a random potential is smoothly turned on. The relaxation is controlled by non-linear instabilities, showing that the newground state is not analytically connected to the ideal-lattice configuration. However, the long-range translational order decays only slowly in a way consistent with algebraic behaviour.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)623-628
Number of pages6
Journal Europhysics Letters
Volume23
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Sept 1993
Externally publishedYes

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