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Temperature and Pinning Effects on Driving a 2D Electron System on a Helium Film: A Numerical Study

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Using numerical simulations we investigated the dynamic response to an externally driven force of a classical two-dimensional (2D) electron system on a helium film at finite temperatures. A potential barrier located at the center of the system behaves as a pinning center that results in an insulator state below a threshold driving force. We have found that the current-voltage characteristic obeys the scaling relation I=f ξ, with ξ ranging from ∼(1.0–1.7) for different pinning strengths and temperatures. Our results may be used to understand the spread range of ξ in experiments with typical characteristic of plastic depinning.

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    Present address: Applied Physics Department, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109-1040, USA

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  1. Departamento de Física, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 13.565-905, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

    Pablo F. Damasceno, Cláudio José DaSilva & José Pedro Rino

  2. Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal de Goiás, C.P.131, 74.001-970, Goiânia, GO, Brazil

    Ladir Cândido

  3. Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13560-970, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil

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Damasceno, P.F., DaSilva, C.J., Rino, J.P. et al. Temperature and Pinning Effects on Driving a 2D Electron System on a Helium Film: A Numerical Study. J Low Temp Phys 160, 58–67 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10909-010-0172-9

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