title: Sliding elastic lattice: an explanation of the motion of superconducting vortices.
abstract: We introduce a system where an elastic lattice of particles is moved slowly at a constant velocity under the influence of a local external potential, construct a rigid-body model through simplification processes, and show that the two systems produce similar results. Then, we apply our model to a superconducting vortex system and produce path patterns similar to the ones reported in Lee et al. [Phys. Rev. B 84, 060515(R) (2011)], suggesting that the reasoning of the simplification processes in this paper is a possible explanation of the experimentally observed phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742, USA. mystyle@umd.edu
authors.forename: Young-Noh
authors.initials: YN
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.forename: Jonghee
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee