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Folding pathways to crumpling in thermalized elastic frames
D. Yllanes, D. R. Nelson, M. J. Bowick
The mechanical properties of thermally excited two-dimensional crystalline membranes can depend dramatically on their geometry and topology. A particularly relevant example is the…
Localization behavior of vibrational modes in granular packings
Zorana Zeravcic, Wim van Saarloos, David R. Nelson
We study the localization of vibrational modes of frictionless granular media. We introduce a new method, motivated by earlier work on non-Hermitian quantum problems, which works w…
The effect of field tilting on the dynamics of vortices pinned by correlated disorder
N. Shnerb
Low-temperature dynamics of flux lines in high temperature, type II, superconductors in the presence of correlated disorder in the form of columnar defects is discussed. The effect…
Longitudinal Current Dissipation in Bose-glass Superconductors
David R. Nelson, Leo Radzihovsky
A scaling theory of vortex motion in Bose glass superconductors with currents parallel to the common direction of the magnetic field and columnar defects is presented. Above the Bo…
Interactions, Distribution of Pinning Energies, and Transport in the Bose Glass Phase of Vortices in Superconductors
Uwe C. T"auber, David R. Nelson
We study the ground state and low energy excitations of vortices pinned to columnar defects in superconductors, taking into account the long--range interaction between the fluxons.…
Quantum Smectic and Supersolid Order in Helium Films and Vortex Arrays
Leon Balents, David R. Nelson
A flux liquid can condense into a smectic crystal in a pure layered superconductor with the magnetic field oriented nearly parallel to the layers. Similar order can arise in low te…