Irrational mode locking in quasiperiodic systems

@misc{citeulike:750072, abstract = {A model for ac-driven systems, based on the Tang-Wiesenfeld-Bak-Coppersmith-Littlewood automaton for an elastic medium, exhibits mode-locked steps with frequencies that are irrational multiples of the drive frequency, when the pinning is spatially quasiperiodic. Detailed numerical evidence is presented for the large-system-size convergence of such a mode-locked step. The irrational mode locking is stable to small thermal noise and weak disorder. Continuous time models with irrational mode locking and possible experimental realizations are discussed.}, author = {Thomas, Creighton K. and Middleton, Alan A. }, citeulike-article-id = {750072}, eprint = {cond-mat/0607211}, keywords = {incommensurate}, month = {Jul}, posted-at = {2006-07-11 08:57:01}, priority = {2}, title = {Irrational mode locking in quasiperiodic systems}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607211}, year = {2006} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:750072 L3 - citeulike-article-id:750072 TI - Irrational mode locking in quasiperiodic systems N2 - A model for ac-driven systems, based on the Tang-Wiesenfeld-Bak-Coppersmith-Littlewood automaton for an elastic medium, exhibits mode-locked steps with frequencies that are irrational multiples of the drive frequency, when the pinning is spatially quasiperiodic. Detailed numerical evidence is presented for the large-system-size convergence of such a mode-locked step. The irrational mode locking is stable to small thermal noise and weak disorder. Continuous time models with irrational mode locking and possible experimental realizations are discussed. KW - incommensurate AU - Thomas, Creighton AU - Middleton, Alan PY - 2006/Jul/07/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607211 ER -