title: Coherent potential approximation of random nearly isostatic kagome lattice.
abstract: The kagome lattice has coordination number 4, and it is mechanically isostatic when nearest-neighbor sites are connected by central-force springs. A lattice of N sites has O(√N) zero-frequency floppy modes that convert to finite-frequency anomalous modes when next-nearest-neighbor (NNN) springs are added. We use the coherent potential approximation to study the mode structure and mechanical properties of the kagome lattice in which NNN springs with spring constant κ are added with probability P=Δz/4, where Δz=z-4 and z is the average coordination number. The effective medium static NNN spring constant κ(m) scales as P(2) for P≪κ and as P for P≫κ, yielding a frequency scale ω*~Δz and a length scale l*~(Δz)(-1). To a very good approximation at small nonzero frequency, κ(m)(P,ω)/κ(m)(P,0) is a scaling function of ω/ω*. The Ioffe-Regel limit beyond which plane-wave states become ill-defined is reached at a frequency of order ω*.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Xiaoming
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: T C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lubensky