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Glassy dynamics as a consequence of the equilibrium liquid to solid transition
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School of Physics Hard Condensed Matter Seminar: Prof. Zohar Nussinov, Washington University - St. Louis
We will review the underpinning of the micro-canonical ensemble and the more refined (and explicitly quantum) "Eigenstate Thermalization Hypothesis". We will then find and apply a simple corollary of these to analyze the evolution of a liquid upon supercooling to form a structural glass.
Simple theoretical considerations lead to predictions for general properties of supercooled liquids. Amongst other things, a collapse of the viscosity of glass formers is predicted from this theory. This collapse indeed occurs over 16 decades of relaxation times for all known types of glass formers.
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- Created by: Alison Morain
- Created: 04/06/2017
- Modified By: Fletcher Moore
- Modified: 04/13/2017
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