Physics – Condensed Matter – Superconductivity
Scientific paper
2009-10-22
Physics
Condensed Matter
Superconductivity
22 pages, double column, higher quality figures available from authors
Scientific paper
We study a model for the depinning and driven steady state phases of a solid tuned across a polymorphic phase transition between ground states of triangular and square symmetry. These include pinned states which may have dominantly triangular or square correlations, a plastically flowing liquid-like phase, a moving phase with hexatic correlations, flowing triangular and square states and a dynamic coexistence regime characterized by the complex interconversion of locally square and triangular regions. We locate these phases in a dynamical phase diagram. We demonstrate that the apparent power-law orientational correlations we obtain in our moving hexatic phase arise from circularly averaging an orientational correlation function with qualitatively different behaviour in the longitudinal (drive) and transverse directions. The intermediate coexistence regime exhibits several novel properties, including substantial enhancement in the current noise, an unusual power-law spectrum of current fluctuations and striking metastability effects. This noise arises from the fluctuations of the interface separating locally square and triangular ordered regions. We demonstrate the breakdown of effective ``shaking temperature'' treatments in the coexistence regime by showing that such shaking temperatures are non-monotonic functions of the drive in this regime. Finally we discuss the relevance of these simulations to the anomalous behaviour seen in the peak effect regime of vortex lines in the disordered mixed phase of type-II superconductors. We propose that this anomalous behavior is directly linked to the behavior exhibited in our simulations in the dynamical coexistence regime, thus suggesting a possible solution to the problem of the origin of peak effect anomalies.
Menon Gautam I.
Sengupta Ankush
Sengupta Surajit
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