Structure and dynamics of topological defects in a glassy liquid on a negatively curved manifold Export

@article{citeulike:6058096, abstract = {We study the low-temperature regime of an atomic liquid on the hyperbolic plane by means of molecular dynamics simulation and we compare the results to a continuum theory of defects in a negatively curved hexagonal background. In agreement with the theory and previous results on positively curved (spherical) surfaces, we find that the atomic configurations consist of isolated defect structures, dubbed "grain boundary scars", that form around an irreducible density of curvature-induced disclinations in an otherwise hexagonal background. We investigate the structure and the dynamics of these grain boundary scars.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Sausset, Fran\c{c}ois and Tarjus, Gilles and Nelson, David R.}, citeulike-article-id = {6058096}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0387}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0911.0387}, day = {2}, eprint = {0911.0387}, keywords = {glass, liquid, molecular\_dynamics, structural\_glass}, month = {Nov}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 11:10:57}, priority = {2}, title = {Structure and dynamics of topological defects in a glassy liquid on a negatively curved manifold}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0387}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6058096 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6058096 N2 - We study the low-temperature regime of an atomic liquid on the hyperbolic plane by means of molecular dynamics simulation and we compare the results to a continuum theory of defects in a negatively curved hexagonal background. In agreement with the theory and previous results on positively curved (spherical) surfaces, we find that the atomic configurations consist of isolated defect structures, dubbed "grain boundary scars", that form around an irreducible density of curvature-induced disclinations in an otherwise hexagonal background. We investigate the structure and the dynamics of these grain boundary scars. TI - Structure and dynamics of topological defects in a glassy liquid on a negatively curved manifold KW - glass KW - liquid KW - molecular_dynamics KW - structural_glass AU - Sausset, François AU - Tarjus, Gilles AU - Nelson, David PY - 2009/Nov/02/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0911.0387 ER -