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Unzipping flux lines from extended defects in type-II superconductors
Yariv Kafri, David R. Nelson, Anatoli Polkovnikov
With magnetic force microscopy in mind, we study the unbinding transition of individual flux lines from extended defects like columnar pins and twin planes in type II superconducto…
Vortex pinning by a columnar defect in planar superconductors with point disorder
Anatoli Polkovnikov, Yariv Kafri, David R. Nelson
We study the effect of a single columnar pin on a dimensional array of vortex lines in planar type II superconductors in the presence of point disorder. In large samples, t…
Reply to Comment on "Why is the DNA Transition First Order?" and "Griffiths Singularities in Unbinding of Strongly Disordered Polymers" by M. Ya. Azbel
Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, L. Peliti
It is shown that the various claims made in the comment by M. Ya. Azbel (physics/0403106) on the two publications Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 055502 (2003) and Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4988 (…
Phase transition of one dimensional bosons with strong disorder
Ehud Altman, Yariv Kafri, Anatoli Polkovnikov +1
We study one dimensional disordered bosons at large commensurate filling. Using a real space renormalization group approach we find a new random fixed point which controls a phase…
Reply to a revised comment on "Why is the DNA denaturation transition first order?"
Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, L. Peliti
It is shown that the scaling analysis presented in Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4988 (2000) is valid for finite chains of lengths relevant to experiments, in contrast to a recent claim mad…
Reply to the Comment by A. Hanke and R. Metzler on "Why is the DNA Denaturation Transition First Order?"
Y. Kafri, D. Mukamel, L. Peliti
It is shown that the scaling analysis presented in Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4988 (2000) (cond-mat/0007141) is valid for finite chains of lengths relevant to experiments, in contrast to…