The depinning transition in presence of disorder

TYPETheor./Math. Physics Seminar
Speaker:Prof. Benard Derrida
Affiliation:ENS Paris
Date:26.04.2015
Time:14:30
Location:Lewiner Seminar Room (412)
Abstract: The problem of the depinning transition of a line from a random substrate is one of the simplest problems in the the theory of disordered systems. Still there are many unsolved questions about the nature of this transition. After a brief review of the history of this problem and of the main results, I will discuss a simple toy model which indicates that, when disorder is relevant, the depinning transition becomes an infinite order transition. Ref: The depinning transition in presence of disorder: a toy model Bernard Derrida, Martin Retaux  arXiv:1401.6919