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Main Authors: Rossi, Anna M. E. B., Ernst, Adrian, Dörfler, Magdalena, Fischer, Thomas M.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05706
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author Rossi, Anna M. E. B.
Ernst, Adrian
Dörfler, Magdalena
Fischer, Thomas M.
author_facet Rossi, Anna M. E. B.
Ernst, Adrian
Dörfler, Magdalena
Fischer, Thomas M.
contents We measure the trajectories of macroscopic magnetic particles pulled against gravity between twisted alternating magnetic square patterns in a superposed homogeneous magnetic field normal to both patterns. The two patterns are built from a set of magentic cubes having a distribution of magnetization. The magnetic potential between the patterns is a sum of three contributions: two being periodic on two lattices with different magnitude and orientation, and the third random contribution arising from the distribution of magnetization of the cubes. As one varies the twist angle between the two patterns each time the twist angle coincides with a magic twist angle one of the two periodic lattices becomes a sublattice of the other lattice. Simulations of particles moving through patterns with a precise cube magnetization produce pronounced mobility peaks near magic twist angles that are associated with flat channels. Weak random fluctuations of the cube magnetization in the experiment and the simulations cause enhanced random disorder of the potential and reduce the mobility by scattering particles into the interior of the twisted Wigner Seitz cells. The mobility undergoes an Anderson transition from magic to generic behavior as the magnetization disorder increases beyond half of a percent of the cube magnetization.
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spellingShingle Disorder scattering in classical flat channel transport of particles between twisted magnetic square patterns
Rossi, Anna M. E. B.
Ernst, Adrian
Dörfler, Magdalena
Fischer, Thomas M.
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
We measure the trajectories of macroscopic magnetic particles pulled against gravity between twisted alternating magnetic square patterns in a superposed homogeneous magnetic field normal to both patterns. The two patterns are built from a set of magentic cubes having a distribution of magnetization. The magnetic potential between the patterns is a sum of three contributions: two being periodic on two lattices with different magnitude and orientation, and the third random contribution arising from the distribution of magnetization of the cubes. As one varies the twist angle between the two patterns each time the twist angle coincides with a magic twist angle one of the two periodic lattices becomes a sublattice of the other lattice. Simulations of particles moving through patterns with a precise cube magnetization produce pronounced mobility peaks near magic twist angles that are associated with flat channels. Weak random fluctuations of the cube magnetization in the experiment and the simulations cause enhanced random disorder of the potential and reduce the mobility by scattering particles into the interior of the twisted Wigner Seitz cells. The mobility undergoes an Anderson transition from magic to generic behavior as the magnetization disorder increases beyond half of a percent of the cube magnetization.
title Disorder scattering in classical flat channel transport of particles between twisted magnetic square patterns
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05706