Theory of Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids

Details Theory of Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids Theory of Structural Glasses and Supercooled Liquids

2006-07-13

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0607349v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

submitted to Ann. Rev. Phys. Chem

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We review the Random First Order Transition Theory of the glass transition, emphasizing the experimental tests of the theory. Many distinct phenomena are quantitatively predicted or explained by the theory, both above and below the glass transition temperature $T_g$. These include: the viscosity catastrophe and heat capacity jump at $T_g$, and their connection; the non-exponentiality of relaxations and their correlation with the fragility; dynamic heterogeneity in supercooled liquids owing to the mosaic structure; deviations from the Vogel-Fulcher law, connected with strings or fractral cooperative rearrangements; deviations from the Stokes-Einstein relation close to $T_g$; aging, and its correlation with fragility; the excess density of states at cryogenic temperatures due to two level tunneling systems and the Boson Peak.

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