Elastic lattice in a random potential

[摘要] Using Monte Carlo simulations, we study the properties of an elastic triangular lattice subject to a random background potential. As the cooling rate is reduced, we observe a rather sudden crossover between two different glass phases, with exponential decay of translational correlations, the other with power-law decay. Contrary to predictions derived for continuum models, no evidence of a crossover in the mean-square displacement B(r) from the quadratic growth at small r to the logarithmic growth at larger is found.

[关键词] CHARGE-DENSITY WAVES;FLUX LATTICES;SINGLE-CRYSTALS;SUPERCONDUCTORS;ORDER;XENON;CREEP