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Title: Moving vortex phases, dynamical symmetry breaking, and jamming for vortices in honeycomb pinning arrays

Journal Article · · Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

We show using numerical simulations that vortices in honeycomb pinning arrays can exhibit a remarkable variety of dynamical phases that are distinct from those found for triangular and square pinning arrays. In the honeycomb arrays, it is possible for the interstitial vortices to form dimer or higher n-mer states which have an additional orientational degree of freedom that can lead to the formation of vortex molecular crystals. For filling fractions where dimer states appear, a dynamical symmetry breaking can occur when the dimers flow in one of two possible alignment directions. This leads to transport in the direction transverse to the applied drive. We show that dimerization produces distinct types of moving phases which depend on the direction of the driving force with respect to the pinning lattice symmetry. When the dimers are driven along certain directions, a reorientation of the dimers can produce a jamming phenomenon which results in a strong enhancement in the critical depinning force. The jamming can also cause unusual effects such as an increase in the critical depinning force when the size of the pinning sites is reduced.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
964947
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-08-04665; LA-UR-08-4665; TRN: US200919%%383
Journal Information:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, Vol. 78, Issue 22; ISSN 1098-0121
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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