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Connecting jamming and depinning transitions

  • C. Reichhardt
  • , Z. Nussinov
  • , C. J.Olson Reichhardt

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Abstract

We examine a system of binary disks that is known to exhibit a jamming transition at a well defined density termed point J. We add quenched disorder and measure the external force needed to depin the disks or send them into motion as a function of disk density. We find a rich variety of depinning behaviors. For small amounts of disorder, only the jammed or stiff phases are pinned. For strong disorder, disks in unjammed samples with densities well below jamming are more strongly pinned than disks in samples at densities close to the jamming transition. We also discuss connections to the peak effect for depinning in vortex systems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSolid State Physics - Proceedings of the 57th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2012
Pages7-10
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event57th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2012 - Bombay, Mumbai, India
Duration: Dec 3 2012Dec 7 2012

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1512
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference57th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium 2012
Country/TerritoryIndia
CityBombay, Mumbai
Period12/3/1212/7/12

Keywords

  • granular matter
  • jamming
  • peak effect
  • pinning

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