2007/03/02 by Ludovic Berthier, Berthier, Ludovic
Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Liquid Crystal Research Advancements #Material Dynamics and Properties #Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) #Theoretical and Computational Physics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/0703058
openalex publication_date 2007/03/02 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The physics of glasses can be studied from many viewpoints, from material scientists interested in the development of new materials to statistical physicists inventing new theoretical tools to deal with disordered systems. In these lectures I described a variety of physical phenomena observed in actual glassy materials, from disordered magnetic systems to soft gels. Despite the very large gap between experimental and numerical time windows, I showed that computer simulations represent an efficient theoretical tool which can shed light on the microscopic origins of glassy dynamics.