Recent Advances on the Glass Problem

Recent Advances on the Glass Problem
Patrick Charboneau, Duke University
Date and time: Thu, Nov 29, 2018 - 11:30am
Refreshments at 11:15am
Location: LGRT 1033
Category: Condensed Matter Seminar
Abstract:

Recent theoretical advances in the mean-field theory of glasses predict the existence, deep in the glass phase, of a novel phase transition, a so-called Gardner transition. This transition signals the emergence of a complex free energy landscape composed of a marginally stable hierarchy of sub-basins. It is also thought to be the onset of the anomalous thermal and transport properties of amorphous systems, and to ultimately lead to the unusual critical behavior at jamming. In this talk, I will present an overview of recent theoretical and numerical advances in the field of glasses, paying particular attention to capturing and characterizing the physics of the Gardner phase.