Winding Angle Distributions for Random Walks and Flux Lines

Details Winding Angle Distributions for Random Walks and Flux Lines Winding Angle Distributions for Random Walks and Flux Lines

1996-01-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9601029v1

Phys. Rev. E 53, 5861 (1996)

Physics

Condensed Matter

12 pages Revtex and 9 postscript figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.53.5861

We study analytically and numerically the winding of a flux line around a columnar defect. Reflecting and absorbing boundary conditions apply to marginal or repulsive defects, respectively. In both cases, the winding angle distribution decays exponentially for large angles, with a decay constant depending only on the boundary condition, but not on microscopic features. New {\it non-universal} distributions are encountered for {\it chiral} defects which preferentially twist the flux line in one direction. The resulting asymmetric distributions have decay constants that depend on the degree of chirality. In particular, strong chirality encourages entanglements and leads to broad distributions. We also examine the windings of flux lines in the presence of point impurities (random bonds). Our results suggest that pinning to impurities reduces entanglements, leading to a narrow (Gaussian) distribution.

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