Wednesday, March 21, 2012

1203.4241 (J. Flores et al.)

Anderson Localization in Disordered Vibrating Rods    [PDF]

J. Flores, L. Gutiérrez, R. A. Méndez-Sánchez, G. Monsivais, P. Mora, A. Morales
We study, both experimentally and numerically, the Anderson localization phenomenon in torsional waves of a disordered elastic rod, which consists of a cylinder with randomly spaced notches. We find that the normal-mode wave amplitudes are exponentially localized as occurs in disordered solids. The localization length is measured using these wave amplitudes and it is shown to decrease as a function of frequency. The normal-mode spectrum is also measured as well as computed, so its level statistics can be analyzed. Fitting the nearest-neighbor spacing distribution a level repulsion parameter is defined that also varies with frequency. The localization length can then be expressed as a function of the repulsion parameter. There exists a range in which the localization length is a linear function of the repulsion parameter, which is consistent with Random Matrix Theory. However, at low values of the repulsion parameter the linear dependence does not hold.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.4241

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