%0 Book Section %1 statphys23_1028 %A Wolynes, P.G. %B Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics %C Genova, Italy %D 2007 %E Pietronero, Luciano %E Loreto, Vittorio %E Zapperi, Stefano %K aging glasses liquids statphys23 supercooled topic-9 %T The Theory of Glasses %U http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=1028 %X Supercooled liquids and glasses can be viewed as aperiodic crystals. Pursuing this view leads to the random first order transition theory of glasses. A liquid in this picture can be thought of as a mosaic of local energy landscapes. The theory explains quantitatively, without adjustable parameters, the super-Arrhenius slowing of dynamics and emergence of nonexponential relaxation in the supercooled liquid regime. The aging regime of glasses is also quantitatively treated. When quantized, the theory yields a description of the two level systems and Boson peak excitations that dominate the low temperature properties of amorphous solids.

@incollection{statphys23_1028, abstract = {Supercooled liquids and glasses can be viewed as aperiodic crystals. Pursuing this view leads to the random first order transition theory of glasses. A liquid in this picture can be thought of as a mosaic of local energy landscapes. The theory explains quantitatively, without adjustable parameters, the super-Arrhenius slowing of dynamics and emergence of nonexponential relaxation in the supercooled liquid regime. The aging regime of glasses is also quantitatively treated. When quantized, the theory yields a description of the two level systems and Boson peak excitations that dominate the low temperature properties of amorphous solids.}, added-at = {2007-06-20T10:16:09.000+0200}, address = {Genova, Italy}, author = {Wolynes, P.G.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2d5b501e337c5686dcf2b3761fc00b598/statphys23}, booktitle = {Abstract Book of the XXIII IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics}, editor = {Pietronero, Luciano and Loreto, Vittorio and Zapperi, Stefano}, interhash = {a80e594ba0703c879b3b43133eeb2391}, intrahash = {d5b501e337c5686dcf2b3761fc00b598}, keywords = {aging glasses liquids statphys23 supercooled topic-9}, month = {9-13 July}, timestamp = {2007-06-20T10:16:37.000+0200}, title = {The Theory of Glasses}, url = {http://st23.statphys23.org/webservices/abstract/preview_pop.php?ID_PAPER=1028}, year = 2007 }