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Physics of dielectric mixtures are presented to stimulate discussion and to provide information on the recent advances in this topic.
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A minimal description of the inherent states of amorphous solids is presented. Using field theory, applicable when a system is probed at long length scales, it is shown that athermal amorphous solids have long-range correlations in their…
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