Positive and Negative Drag, Dynamic Phases, and Commensurability in Coupled One-Dimensional Channels of Particles with Yukawa Interactions

Details Positive and Negative Drag, Dynamic Phases, and Commensurability in Coupled One-Dimensional Channels of Particles with Yukawa Interactions Positive and Negative Drag, Dynamic Phases, and Commensurability in Coupled One-Dimensional Channels of Particles with Yukawa Interactions

2010-12-08

arxiv.org/abs/1012.1866v2

Phys. Rev. E 83, 061404 (2011)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

20 pages, 25 postscript figures, version published in PRE

Scientific paper

We introduce a simple model consisting of two or three coupled one-dimensional channels of particles with Yukawa interactions. For the two channel system, when an external drive is applied only to the top or primary channel, we find a transition from locked flow where particles in both channels move together to decoupled flow where the particles in the secondary or undriven channel move at a slower velocity than the particles in the primary or driven channel. Pronounced commensurability effects in the decoupling transition occur when the ratio of the number of particles in the top and bottom channels is varied, and the coupling of the two channels is enhanced when this ratio is an integer or a rational fraction. Near the commensurate fillings, we find additional features in the velocity-force curves caused by the slipping of individual vacancies or incommensurations in the secondary channels. For three coupled channels, when only the top channel is driven we find a remarkably rich variety of distinct dynamic phases, including multiple decoupling and recoupling transitions. These transitions produce pronounced signatures in the velocity response of each channel. We also find regimes where a negative drag effect can be induced in one of the non-driven channels. The particles in this channel move in the opposite direction from the particles in the driven channel due to the mixing of the two different periodic frequencies produced by the discrete motion of the particles in the two other channels. In the two channel system, we also demonstrate a ratchet effect for the particles in the secondary channel when an asymmetric drive is applied to the primary channel. This ratchet effect is similar to that observed in superconducting vortex systems when there is a coupling between two different species of vortices.

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