On the replica approach to glasses

1997/01/10 by Parisi, Giorgio
#Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn) #FOS: Physical sciences #Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.cond-mat/9701068

Abstract

Here we review the approach to glassy systems based on the replica method and we introduce the main ingredients of replica symmetry breaking. We explain why the replica method has been successful in spin glass and why it should be successful for real glasses.

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