Title

Vortex Dynamics and Defects in Simulated Flux Flow

Author(s)/Creator(s)

Michael Chance Faleski, Syracuse University
M. Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Alan Middleton, Syracuse UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Date

2-1-2008

Keywords

condensed matter

Language

English

Disciplines

Physics

Description/Abstract

We present the results of molecular dynamic simulations of a two-dimensional vortex array driven by a uniform current through random pinning centers at zero temperature. We identify two types of flow of the driven array near the depinning threshold. For weak disorder the flux array contains few dislocation and moves via correlated displacements of patches of vortices in a {\it crinkle} motion. As the disorder strength increases, we observe a crossover to a spatially inhomogeneous regime of {\it plastic} flow, with a very defective vortex array and a channel-like structure of the flowing regions. The two regimes are characterized by qualitatively different spatial distribution of vortex velocities. In the crinkle regime the distribution of vortex velocities near threshold has a single maximum that shifts to larger velocities as the driving force is increased. In the plastic regime the distribution of vortex velocities near threshold has a clear bimodal structure that persists upon time-averaging the individual velocities. The bimodal structure of the velocity distribution reflects the coexistence of pinned and flowing regions and is proposed as a quantitative signature of plastic flow.

Additional Information

This manuscript is from arXiv.org, for more information look at http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9605053

Recommended Citation

arXiv:cond-mat/9605053v1

Source

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