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From viscous fluids to elastic solids: A perspective on the glass transition

Soft Condensed Matter 2022-05-03 v1

Abstract

A theory for the non-local stress in liquids captures the crossover from viscous to elastic correlations upon supercooling. It explains the emergence of long-ranged stress fields in glass which originate from the coupling of shear stress to transverse deformations. The Goldstone mode in colloidal glass is shown to be diffusive.

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@article{arxiv.2205.00890,
  title  = {From viscous fluids to elastic solids: A perspective on the glass transition},
  author = {Annette Zippelius and Matthias Fuchs},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.00890},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

To appear as a contribution to the edited volume "Spin Glass Theory & Far Beyond - Replica Symmetry Breaking after 40 Years", World Scientific