Dynamical Transition in Sliding Charge-density Waves with Quenched   Disorder
  We have studied numerically the dynamics of sliding charge-density waves (CDWs) in the presence of impurities in d=1,2. The model considered exhibits a first order dynamical transition at a critical driving force $F_c$ between ``rough'' (disorder dominated) $(F<F_c)$ and ``flat'' $(F>F_c)$ sliding phases where disorder is washed out by the external drive. The effective model for the sliding CDWs in the presence of impurities can be mapped onto that of a magnetic flux line pinned by columnar defects and tilted by an applied field. The dynamical transition of sliding CDWs corresponds to the transverse Meissner effect of the tilted flux line. 
Lee-Wen Chen (Syracuse University), Leon Balents (ITP-UCSB), Matthew   P. A. Fisher (ITP-UCSB) and M. Cristina Marchetti (Sy...