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The microscopic origin of friction has been the goal of several theoretical studies in the last decades. Depending on the investigated systems or models, on the simulation techniques or conditions, different and somewhat contradictory results have been found, even when using the same model. In this contribution, we address this apparent paradox in a well-known case, the Prandtl-Tomlinson model at zero temperature, studying the force-velocity relation for a wide range of velocities not previously presented. Including much more data density for the non-trivial regions, we are able to shed light on this problem and at the same time, provide new insight in the use of the paradigmatic Tomlinson model for the secular problem of friction laws.
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The period of oscillation of the cantilever is 20 μ s and the maximum simulated speed is 1 mm/s, so that time step is more that 1000 times smaller that the period and at the maximum speed it moves only 1/300 of the potential length
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This work was supported by the Centro Latinoamericano de Física (CLAF), the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq, Brazil).
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This study was funded and part by the Coordenação de Aperfeiçõamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior—Brasil(CAPES)—Finance Code 001.
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Iglesias, M.L., Gonçalves, S. Sliding and Dry Friction: Prandtl-Tomlinson Athermal Model Revisited. Braz J Phys 48, 585–591 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13538-018-0610-8
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