Evidence for a spinodal limit of amorphous excitations in glassy systems

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

Volumn 2009, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Cammarota, C ^a,b   Cavagna, A ^b,c   Gradenigo, G ^a,d   Grigera, T S ^e,f   Verrocchio, P ^a,d,g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b INFM   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES FISICOQUÍMICAS TEÓRICAS Y APLICADAS INIFTA   (Argentina)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disordered systems (theory); Energy landscapes (theory); Structural glasses (theory)

Indexed keywords

EID: 85035044036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17425468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/12/L12002     Document Type: Article

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