"Most of the solid matter in nature is not crystalline, but amorphous: glasses, foams, pastes, granulars, and plastics, are but a few examples. These materials are not only ubiquitous, but also extremely important for practical, everyday applications. For simplicity, in the rest of this book we call these materials "glasses"--Preface. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Infinite-dimensional models in statistical physics -- Atomic liquids in infinite dimensions: thermodynamics -- Atomic liquids in infinite dimensions: equilibrium dynamics -- Thermodynamics of glass states -- Replica symmetry breaking and hierarchical free energy landscapes -- The Gardner transition -- Counting glass states: the complexity -- Packing spheres in large dimensions -- The jamming transition -- Rheology of the glass.
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