论文标题
结构眼镜中加德纳过渡的计算机模拟
Computer simulations of the Gardner transition in structural glasses
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论文摘要
最简单的玻璃形成系统的确切平均场理论 - 在大维极限下硬球的致密组装 - 预测了加德纳相的存在。这种过渡的特征是完全复制对称性破坏,暗示着两个引人入胜的物理后果:(i)分层的自由能景观,以及(ii)边际稳定性。在这里,我们讨论了数值模拟的最新结果,以检查物理维度中的这些平均场预测。
The exact mean-field theory for the simplest glass-forming system - the dense assembly of hard spheres in the large dimensional limit - predicts the existence of a Gardner phase. This transition is characterized by full replica symmetry breaking that implies two fascinating physical consequences: (i) a hierarchical free-energy landscape, and (ii) marginal stability. Here we discuss recent results of numerical simulations to examine these mean-field predictions in physical dimensions.