{"id":15,"date":"2016-06-13T00:32:29","date_gmt":"2016-06-13T00:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aamiddle.expressions.syr.edu\/?page_id=15"},"modified":"2018-10-27T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T16:40:16","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aamiddle.expressions.syr.edu\/?page_id=15","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b><a href=\"#RandomMagnetsAnchor\">Random magnets<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Disordered magnetic materials such as spin glasses have complex memory properties due to very slow dynamics. Understanding these dynamics and the thermodynamic landscape is the focus of these papers.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><a href=\"#AlgorithmsAnchor\">Algorithms<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Papers\u00a0on developing efficient computational methods (or proving that efficient methods don&#8217;t exist).<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><a href=\"#ElasticMediaAnchor\">Elastic media in disordered environments<\/a><\/b> &#8211; Papers\u00a0concerned with the self-affine structure of elastic objects pinned by disorder.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><a href=\"#GeometryDisorderAnchor\">Geometry of disorder<\/a><\/b> &#8211; These papers focus on the fractal geometry of excitations in disordered systems and how this geometry affects the thermodynamics of a material.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><a href=\"#CollectiveTransportAnchor\">Collective transport<\/a><\/b> &#8211; The study of driven interacting particles through a disordered background. Includes transport of electronic condensates (charge density waves), elastic lines or interfaces, a very simple model of &#8220;traffic&#8221; (particles on a 2D grid), and incoherent tunneling of electrons on arrays of quantum dots.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><a href=\"#AvalanchesAnchor\">Avalanches, mode locking, automata<\/a><\/b> &#8211; These papers are primarily concerned with the response of unstable collections of particles to perturbations.<\/li>\n<li><b><\/b><b><a href=\"#OthersAnchor\">Others<\/a><\/b> &#8211; vibrational modes in model glasses, light scattering, hydrodynamics of intersecting lines, particles, experimental nuclear physics, and education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b id=\"RandomMagnetsAnchor\">Random magnets<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Extracting thermodynamic behavior of spin glasses from the overlap function&#8221;,\u00a0A. Alan Middleton,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.87.220201\">Physical Review B <b>87<\/b>, 220201(R) (2013)<\/a>;<br \/>\nlocal:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aamiddle.expressions.syr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/MiddletonPRB2013.pdf\" rel=\"\">MiddletonPRB2013<\/a>;\u00a0preprint:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1303.2253\">cond-mat\/1303.2253<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Zero and low temperature behavior of the two-dimensional $\\pm J$ Ising spin glass&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas, David A. Huse, A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevLett.107.047203\">Physical Review Letters <b>107<\/b>, 047203 (2011)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or local pdf copy) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1103.1946\">cond-mat\/1103.1946<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Chaos and universality in two-dimensional Ising spin glasses&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas, David A. Huse, A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1012.3444\">cond-mat\/1012.3444<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Scaling, domains, and states in the four-dimensional random field Ising magnet&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0208182\">cond-mat\/0208182<\/a>; available as <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/Middleton4DRFIM.pdf\">pdf preprint with both small and large figures.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>&#8220;The three-dimensional random field Ising magnet: interfaces, scaling, and the nature of states&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton and Daniel S. Fisher,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v65\/e134411\">Physical Review B <b>65<\/b>, 134411 (2002)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonFisherPRB2002.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonFisher2002.ps\">local ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0107489\">cond-mat\/0107489<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Configuration Memory in Patchwork Dynamics for Low-dimensional Spin Glasses&#8221;,<br \/>\nJie Yang and A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1103\/PhysRevB.96.214208\">Physical Review B <strong>96<\/strong>, 214208 (2017)\u00a0<\/a>(<a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonFisherPRB2002.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1703.09806v2\">https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1703.09806v2<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b id=\"AlgorithmsAnchor\">Algorithms<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Numerically exact correlations and sampling in the two-dimensional Ising spin glass&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas and A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevE.87.043303\">Physical Review E <b>87<\/b>, 043303 (2013)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/ThomasMiddletonPRE2013.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1301.1252\">cond-mat\/1301.1252<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Exact algorithm for sampling the two-dimensional Ising spin glass&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas, A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v80\/e046708\">Physical Review E <b>80<\/b>, 046708 (2009).<\/a><br \/>\nPlease see publication (10.1103\/PhysRevE.80.046708)<br \/>\n(or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/ThomasMiddleton2009.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version.<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/0906.5519\">cond-mat\/0906.5519<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Persistence and Memory in Patchwork Dynamics for Glassy Models&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas, Olivia L. White, A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v77\/e092415\">Physical Review B <b>77<\/b>, 092415 (2008).<\/a><br \/>\nPlease see publication (10.1103\/PhysRevB.77.092415)<br \/>\n(or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/ThomasWhiteMiddletonPRB2008.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version.<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs0708.0683\">cond-mat\/0708.0683<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Matching Kasteleyn Cities for Spin Glass Ground States&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas, A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v76\/e220406\">Physical Review B <b>76<\/b>, 220406(R) (2007).<\/a><br \/>\nPlease see publication (10.1103\/PhysRevB.76.220406)<br \/>\n(or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/ThomasMiddletonPRB2007.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version.<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/0706.2866\">cond-mat\/0706.2866<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Linking physics and algorithms in the random-field Ising model&#8221;,<br \/>\nJan H. Meinke and A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0502471\">cond-mat\/0502471<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Racing downhill: optimization and the random-field Ising model&#8221;,<br \/>\nD. Clay Hambrick, Jan H. Meinke, and A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0501269\">cond-mat\/0501269<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Counting States and Counting Operations&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nChapter 5 (pp. 71-100) in New Optimization Algorithms in Physics,<br \/>\nEds. Hartmann and Rieger, Wiley-VCH (2004).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Improved extremal optimization for the Ising spin glass&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v69\/e055701\">Physical Review E <b>69<\/b>, 055701 (2004)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonPRErapid2004.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonPRErapid2004.ps\">local ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0402295\">cond-mat\/0402295<\/a> (local <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/0402295.pdf\">pdf<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/papers\/local\/0402295.ps\">ps<\/a> also available).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Percolation of unsatisfiability in finite dimensions&#8221;,<br \/>\nJ. M. Schwarz and A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v70\/e035103\">Physical Review E <b>70<\/b>, 035103(R) (4pp., 2004)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/SchwarzMiddletonPRE2004.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/SchwarzMiddleton.ps.gz\">local gzipped ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0309240\">cond-mat\/0309240<\/a>; preprint available locally as <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/0309240.ps\">ps<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/0309240.pdf\">pdf<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Critical slowing down in polynomial time algorithms&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v88\/e017202\">Physical Review Letters <b>88<\/b>, 017202 (2002)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/PRL_88_017202.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/PRL_88_017202.ps\">local ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0104185\">cond-mat\/0104185<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Computational Complexity of Determining the Barriers to Interface Motion in Random Systems&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v59\/p2571\">Physical Review E <b>59<\/b>, 2571-2577 (1999).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/pre59.2571.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9902203\">cond-mat\/9902203<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b id=\"ElasticMediaAnchor\">Elastic media in disordered environments<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Measuring functional renormalization group fixed-point functions for pinned manifolds&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton, P. Le Doussal, and K. J. Wiese,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v98\/e155701\">Physical Review Letters <b>98<\/b>, 155701 (2007)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonLeDoussalWiesePRL2007.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MiddletonLeDoussalWiesePRL2007.ps\">local ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0606160\">cond-mat\/0606160<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Disorder-Induced Topological Defects in a d=2 Elastic Medium at Zero Temperature&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v61\/p14787\">Physical Review B <b>61<\/b>, 14787-14790 (2000).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/prb61.14787.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9807374\">cond-mat\/9807374<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Simulation of the Zero Temperature Behavior of a 3-Dimensional Elastic Medium&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v60\/p10062\">Phys. Rev. B <b>60<\/b>, 10062-10069 (1999).<\/a><br \/>\nDavid McNamara, A. Alan Middleton, Chen Zeng.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/prb60.10062.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9905058\">cond-mat\/9905058<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Ground-State Roughness of the Disordered Substrate and Flux Line in d=2&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v77\/p3204\">Physical Review Letters <b>77<\/b>, 3204-3207 (1996).<\/a><br \/>\nChen Zeng, A. Alan Middleton, Y. Shapir.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/PRL_v77_3204.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9609029\">cond-mat\/9609029<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Numerical Results for the Ground-State Interface in a Random Medium&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v52\/p3337\">Physical Review <b>E52<\/b>, R3337 (1995).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/PRE_v52_R3337.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9507130\">cond-mat\/9507130<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b id=\"GeometryDisorderAnchor\">Geometry of disorder<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Minimal spanning trees at the percolation threshold: a numerical calculation&#8221;,<br \/>\nSean M. Sweeney and A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v88\/e032129\">Physical Review E <b>88<\/b>, 032129 (2013).<\/a><br \/>\nPlease see publication (<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/doi\/10.1103\/PhysRevE.88.032129\">10.1103\/PhysRevE.88.032129<\/a>)<br \/>\n(or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/SweeneyMiddletonPRE.88.032129.2013.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version.<br \/>\nPreprint is archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1307.0043\">1307.0043 at arxiv.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Are Domain Walls in Spin Glasses Described by Stochastic Loewner Evolutions?&#8221;,<br \/>\nD. Bernard, P. Le Doussal, and A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v76\/e020403\">Physical Review B <b>76<\/b>, 020403(R) (2007).<\/a><br \/>\nPlease see publication (10.1103\/PhysRevB.76.020403)<br \/>\n(or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/BernardLeDoussalMiddletonPRB2007.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version.<br \/>\nPreprint is archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0611433\">cond-mat\/0611433<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Energetics and geometry of excitations in random systems&#8221;,<br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v63\/e060202\">Phys. Rev. B <b>63<\/b>, 060202(R) (2001) (4 pages)<\/a>;<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/prb63.060202.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0007375\">cond-mat\/0007375<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Numerical investigation of the thermodynamic limit for ground states in models with quenched disorder&#8221;.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v83\/p1672\">Phys. Rev. Lett. <b>83<\/b>, 1672-1675 (1999).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/prl83.1672.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9904285\">cond-mat\/9904285<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Statistical Topography of Glassy Interfaces&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v80\/p109\">Physical Review Letters <b>80<\/b>, 109-112 (1998).<\/a><br \/>\nChen Zeng, Jane&#8217; Kondev, David McNamara, and A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9709092\">cond-mat\/9709092<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b id=\"CollectiveTransportAnchor\">Collective transport<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Mean Field Theory of Collective Transport with Phase Slips&#8221;,<br \/>\nKarl Saunders, J. M. Schwarz, M. Cristina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v70\/e024205\">Physical Review B <b>70<\/b>, 024205 (2004)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/SaundersSchwarzMarchettiMiddletonPRB.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/SaundersSchwarzMarchettiMiddletonPRB.ps.gz\">local gzipped ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0311259\">cond-mat\/0311259<\/a> (local <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/0311259.pdf\">pdf<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/0311259.ps.gz\">ps.gz<\/a> also available).<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Viscoelastic Depinning of Driven Systems: Mean-Field Plastic Scallops&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v85\/p1104\">Physical Review Letters <b>85<\/b>, 1104-1107 (2000).<\/a><br \/>\nM. Cristina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton, Thomas Prellberg.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/prl85.1104.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9912461\">cond-mat\/9912461<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Effects of Disorder on Electron Transport in Arrays of Quantum Dots&#8221;<br \/>\nShantenu Jha and A. Alan Middleton<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0511094\">cond-mat\/0511094<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Vortex Dynamics and Defects in Simulated Flux Flow&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v54\/p12427\">Physical Review B <b>54<\/b>, 12427-12436 (1996).<\/a><br \/>\nMichael C. Faleski, M. Cristina Marchetti, and A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/PRB_v54_12427.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9605053\">cond-mat\/9605053<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Avalanches and the renormalization group for pinned charge-density waves&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v49\/p244\">Physical Review B <b>49<\/b>, 244 (1994).<\/a><br \/>\nOnuttom Narayan and A. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9305023\">cond-mat\/9305023<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Self-Organization and a Dynamical Transition in Traffic-flow Models,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v46\/p6124\">Physical Review A <b>46<\/b>, R6124 (1993).<\/a><br \/>\nOfer Biham, A. Alan Middleton, and Dov Levine.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9206001\">cond-mat\/9206001<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Collective Transport in Arrays of Small Metallic Dots&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v71\/p3198\">Physical Review Letters <b>71<\/b>, 3198 (1993).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton and Ned S. Wingreen.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9304013\">cond-mat\/9304013<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Scaling Near Mode Locking in a Charge Density Wave Conductor&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v70\/p3784\">Physical Review Letters <b>70<\/b>, 3784 (1993).<\/a><br \/>\nMark J. Higgins, A. Alan Middleton, and S. Bhattacharya.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Critical Behavior of Charge Density Waves Below Threshold: Numerical and Scaling Analysis&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v47\/p3530\">Physical Review B <b>47<\/b>, 3530 (1993).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton and D. S. Fisher.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9207027\">cond-mat\/9207027<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Thermal Rounding of the Charge Density Wave Depinning Transition,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v45\/p9465\">Physical Review B <b>45<\/b>, 9465 (1992).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9205011\">cond-mat\/9205011<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Elastic String in a Random Potential,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v70\/p662\">Physical Review Letters <b>70<\/b>, 662 (1993).<\/a><br \/>\nM. Dong, A. Alan Middleton, M. Cristina Marchetti, and Valerii Vinokur.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9205010\">cond-mat\/9205010<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Asymptotic Uniqueness of the Sliding State for Charge Density Waves,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v68\/p670\">Physical Review Letters <b>68<\/b>, 670 (1992).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton.<\/li>\n<li>Reply to comment on &#8220;Critical Behavior of Pinned Charge-Density Waves below the Threshold for Sliding,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v67\/p3873\">Physical Review Letters <b>67<\/b>, 3873(1991).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton, Daniel S. Fisher, and Peter B. Littlewood.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Critical Behavior of Pinned Charge-Density Waves below the Threshold for Sliding,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v66\/p92\">Physical Review Letters <b>66<\/b>, 92 (1991).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton and Daniel S. Fisher.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b id=\"AvalanchesAnchor\">Avalanches, modelocking, and automata<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>&#8220;Irrational mode locking in quasiperiodic systems&#8221;,<br \/>\nCreighton K. Thomas, A. Alan Middleton,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v98\/e148001\">Physical Review Letters <b>98<\/b>, 148001 (2007)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/ThomasMiddletonPRL2007.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/ThomasMiddletonPRL2007.ps\">local ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0607211\">cond-mat\/0607211<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Statistics of static avalanches in a random pinning landscape&#8221;,<br \/>\nPierre Le Doussal, A. Alan Middleton, Kay Joerg Wiese,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/link.aps.org\/abstract\/PRE\/v79\/e050101\">Physical Review E <b>79<\/b>, 050101 (2009).<\/a><br \/>\nPlease see publication (10.1103\/PhysRevE.79.050101)<br \/>\n(or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/LeDoussalMiddletonWiese2009.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>) for final version.<br \/>\nPreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/0803.1142\">cond-mat\/0803.1142<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Driven depinning of strongly disordered media and anisotropic mean-field limits&#8221;,<br \/>\nM. Cristina Marchetti, A. Alan Middleton, Karl Saunders, J. M. Schwarz.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v91\/e107002\">Physical Review Letters <b>91<\/b>, 107002 (2003)<\/a>.<br \/>\nPlease see publication (or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MarchettiMiddletonSaundersSchwarzPRL.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a> or <a href=\"file:\/\/\/Volumes\/as-shared\/web\/aamweb\/papers\/local\/MarchettiMiddletonSaundersSchwarzPRL.ps.gz\">local gzipped ps copy<\/a>) for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/0302275\">cond-mat\/0302275<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Self-Organized criticality in non-conserved systems&#8221;,<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v74\/p742\">Physical Review Letters <b>74<\/b>, 742 (1995).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton and Chao Tang.<br \/>\nPlease see publication for final version;<br \/>\npreprint archived as <a href=\"http:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/cond-mat\/9407082\">cond-mat\/9407082<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Complete Mode-locking in Models of Charge-density Waves,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRL\/v68\/p1586\">Physical Review Letters <b>68<\/b>, 1586 (1992).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton, Ofer Biham, Peter B. Littlewood, and Paolo Sibani.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><b id=\"OthersAnchor\">Others<\/b><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Work led by Ethan Stanifer on vibrational modes in linear and cross-connected networks:<br \/>\n&#8220;Simple random matrix model for the vibrational spectrum of structural glasses,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.aps.org\/pre\/abstract\/10.1103\/PhysRevE.98.042908\">Physical Review E 98, 042908 (2018).<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/aamiddle.expressions.syr.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PhysRevE.98.042908.pdf\">local pdf copy<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1804.04074\">arxiv.org\/abs\/1804.04074<\/a>)<br \/>\nE. Stanifer, P. K. Morse, A. A. Middleton, and M. L. Manning.<\/li>\n<li>This paper is my favorite uncited paper. There may be applications of these hydrodynamic equations to chains of ferro(electr)(magnet)ic particles or vortex lines:<br \/>\n&#8220;Dynamics of Directed Polymers with Cutting Interactions,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRA\/v45\/p7288\">Physical Review A <b>45<\/b>, 7288 (1992).<\/a><br \/>\nSergei E. Esipov and A. Alan Middleton.<\/li>\n<li>An application of Monte Carlo algorithms to connect experimental parameters:<br \/>\n&#8220;Discrete Scatterers and Autocorrelations of Multiply Scattered Light,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRB\/v43\/p5934\">Physical Review B <b>43<\/b>, 5934 (1991).<\/a><br \/>\nA. Alan Middleton and Daniel S. Fisher.<\/li>\n<li>A summer spent on nuclear physics in the basement of Jadwin hall:<br \/>\n&#8220;<sup>11<\/sup>B(a,p)<sup>14<\/sup>C<sup>*<\/sup> (E<sub>x<\/sub> = 23.288 MeV) reaction and (p,\\pi<sup>+<\/sup>) production mechanisms,&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/publish.aps.org\/abstract\/PRC\/v38\/p1958\">Physical Review C <b>38<\/b>, 1958 (1988).<\/a><br \/>\nL. K. Herold, K. E. Luther, A. A. Middleton, M. L. Pitt, and J. D. Brown.<\/li>\n<li>Lattice gauge theory (programming from California to Edinburgh\u00a0over a 300 baud modem):<br \/>\n&#8220;The Deconfining Transition for Finite-temperature U(1) Lattice Gauge Theory in (2+1) Dimensions,&#8221;<br \/>\nPhysics Letters <b>B175<\/b>, 64 (1986).<br \/>\nP. Coddington, A. Hey, A. A. Middleton, and J. Townsend.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Random magnets &#8211; Disordered magnetic materials such as spin glasses have complex memory properties due to very slow dynamics. 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