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VOLUME 64 (1996) | ISSUE 11 | PAGE 801
On the statistical mechanics of elastic manifolds with random interaction
We study the statistical mechanics of D-dimensional elastic manifolds, interacting via randomly distributed forces. It is shown, that this model can be mapped onto the statistical mechanics of disorder-induced roughening of a D-dimensional interface with D transverse degrees of freedom in a disordered medium. The roughness exponent ζ for the lateral deformations is calculated for different kinds of elastic response of the manifolds. PACS: 05.90.+m, 46.30.Pa, 68.90.+g