Gauge Theories, Spin Glasses and Real Glasses
Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
In this talk I will show that usual spin glasses are a peculiar kind of Abelian gauge theory. I will shortly review the techniques used to study them. At the end I will consider more general models (e.g. spin glasses based on non Abelian gauge group) and I will discuss the relevance of these models to real glasses. Finally I will derive from first principles a generalised Vogel-Fulcher law for the divergence of the characteristic time near the glass transition.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9411115,
title = {Gauge Theories, Spin Glasses and Real Glasses},
author = {Giorgio Parisi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9411115},
year = {2007}
}