Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument
Abstract
Two powerful theoretical predictions, Anderson localization and the Imry-Ma argument, impose significant restrictions on the phases of matter that can exist in the presence of even the smallest amount of disorder in one-dimensional systems. These predictions forbid electrically conducting states and ordered states respectively. It was thus remarkable that a mechanism to circumvent Anderson localization relying on the presence of correlated disorder was found, that is also realized in certain biomolecular systems. Here, in a similar manner, we show that the Imry-Ma argument can be circumvented, resulting in the formation of stable ordered states with discrete broken symmetries in disordered one dimensional systems. We then investigate other mechanisms by which disorder can destroy an ordered state.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Univ. of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States). Dept. of Physics; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF); Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1326656
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0001789; FG02-12ER46875; OCI-1053575; AC05-00OR22725; DMR 1351895-CAR
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Changlani, Hitesh J., Tubman, Norm M., and Hughes, Taylor L. Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/srep31897.
Changlani, Hitesh J., Tubman, Norm M., & Hughes, Taylor L. Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31897
Changlani, Hitesh J., Tubman, Norm M., and Hughes, Taylor L. Wed .
"Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31897. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326656.
@article{osti_1326656,
title = {Charge density waves in disordered media circumventing the Imry-Ma argument},
author = {Changlani, Hitesh J. and Tubman, Norm M. and Hughes, Taylor L.},
abstractNote = {Two powerful theoretical predictions, Anderson localization and the Imry-Ma argument, impose significant restrictions on the phases of matter that can exist in the presence of even the smallest amount of disorder in one-dimensional systems. These predictions forbid electrically conducting states and ordered states respectively. It was thus remarkable that a mechanism to circumvent Anderson localization relying on the presence of correlated disorder was found, that is also realized in certain biomolecular systems. Here, in a similar manner, we show that the Imry-Ma argument can be circumvented, resulting in the formation of stable ordered states with discrete broken symmetries in disordered one dimensional systems. We then investigate other mechanisms by which disorder can destroy an ordered state.},
doi = {10.1038/srep31897},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = ,
volume = 6,
place = {United States},
year = {2016},
month = {8}
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