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DY: Fachverband Dynamik und Statistische Physik
DY 40: Poster - Quantum Systems/ Stat. Phys./ Diffusive Process
DY 40.22: Poster
Thursday, April 3, 2014, 17:00–19:00, P3
Nonlinear Response in the Driven Lattice Lorentz Gas — •Sebastian Leitmann1,2 and Thomas Franosch1,2 — 1Institut für Theoretische Physik, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Technikerstraße 25/2, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria — 2Institut für Theoretische Physik, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstraße 7, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
We determine the nonlinear time-dependent response of a tracer on a lattice with randomly distributed hard obstacles as a force is switched on [1]. The calculation is exact to first order in the obstacle density and holds for arbitrarily large forces. Whereas, on the impurity-free lattice, the nonlinear drift velocity in the stationary state is analytic in the driving force, interactions with impurities introduce logarithmic contributions beyond the linear regime. The long-time decay of the velocity toward the steady state is exponentially fast for any finite value of the force, in striking contrast to the power-law relaxation predicted within linear response. We discuss the range of validity of our analytic results by comparison to stochastic simulations.
[1] Sebastian Leitmann and Thomas Franosch, Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 190603 (2013).