Interplay of disorder and nonlinearity in Klein-Gordon models: Immobile kinks

Serge F. Mingaleev, Yuri B. Gaididei, Eva Majerníková, and Serge Shpyrko
Phys. Rev. B 59, 4074 – Published 1 February 1999
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Abstract

We consider Klein-Gordon models with a δ-correlated spatial disorder. We show that the properties of immobile kinks exhibit strong dependence on the assumptions as to their statistical distribution over the minima of the effective random potential. Namely, there exists a crossover from monotonically increasing (when a kink occupies the deepest potential well) to the nonmonotonic (at equiprobable distribution of kinks over the potential minima) dependence of the average kink width as a function of the disorder intensity. We show also that the same crossover may take place with changing size of the system.

  • Received 30 April 1998

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.59.4074

©1999 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Serge F. Mingaleev and Yuri B. Gaididei

  • Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, 252143 Kiev, Ukraine

Eva Majerníková

  • Department of Theoretical Physics of Palacký University, CZ-77207 Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • Institute of Physics, SAS, SK-84228 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Serge Shpyrko

  • Institute for Nuclear Research, 252028 Kiev, Ukraine

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Vol. 59, Iss. 6 — 1 February 1999

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