Recent theories of glasses as out of equilibrium systems

2000/11/07 by Jorge Kurchan, Kurchan, Jorge
Engineering · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Material Dynamics and Properties #Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Theoretical and Computational Physics #cond-mat.stat-mech

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0011110

To be published in the special issue `Physics of Glasses' of the Comptes Rendus de Physique de l'Academie des Sciences

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Abstract

We discuss a theoretical approach to structural glasses as they happen in real situations. Older ideas based on `configurational entropy', on `fictive temperatures' and on Edwards' `compactivity' are sharpened and unified in an out of equilibrium context. The picture is such that it may be supported or disproved by an experimental test, which we describe.

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