Abstract
We have studied numerically the dynamics of a directed elastic string in a two-dimensional array of quenched random impurities. The string is driven by a constant transverse force and thermal fluctuations are neglected. There is a transition from pinned to unpinned behavior at a critical value of the driving force. At the transition the average string velocity scales with the driving force. The scaling is equally well described by a power law ∼(F-, with ζ=0.24±0.1, or by a logarithm, ∼1/ln(F-). The divergence of the velocity-velocity correlation length at threshold is characterized by an exponent ν=1.05±0.1.
- Received 3 January 1992
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.70.662
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