On the replica approach to glasses
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2008-02-03 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
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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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9701068,
title = {On the replica approach to glasses},
author = {Giorgio Parisi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9701068},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
Talk given at the ACS meeting at Orlando 12 pages, 2 figures