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Pinning and depinning of a classic quasi-one-dimensional Wigner crystal in the presence of a constriction

G. Piacente·F. M. Peeters
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We studied the dynamics of a quasi-one-dimensional chain-like system of charged particles at low temperature, interacting through a screened Coulomb potential in the presence of a local constriction. The response of the system when an external electric field is applied was investigated. We performed Langevin molecular dynamics simulations for different values of the driving force and for different temperatures. We found that the friction together with the constriction pins the particles up to a critical value of the driving force. The system can depin \emph{elastically} or \emph{quasi-elastically} depending on the strength of the constriction. The elastic (quasi-elastic) depinning is characterized by a critical exponent $β\sim0.66$ ($β\sim0.95$). The dc conductivity is zero in the pinned regime, it has non-ohmic characteristics after the activation of the motion and then it is constant. Furthermore, the dependence of the conductivity with temperature and strength of the constriction was investigated in detail. We found interesting differences between the single and the multi-chain regimes as the temperature is increased.

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G. Piacente, F. M. Peeters. 2005-11-09. Pinning and depinning of a classic quasi-one-dimensional Wigner crystal in the presence of a constriction. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.72.205208

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