From particles to spins: Eulerian formulation of supercooled liquids and glasses Export

@article{chamon08, abstract = {10.1073/pnas.0802724105 The dynamics of supercooled liquid and glassy systems are usually studied within the Lagrangian representation, in which the positions and velocities of distinguishable interacting particles are followed. Within this representation, however, it is difficult to define measures of spatial heterogeneities in the dynamics, as particles move in and out of any one given region within long enough times. It is also nontransparent how to make connections between the structural glass and the spin glass problems within the Lagrangian formulation. We propose an Eulerian formulation of supercooled liquids and glasses that allows for a simple connection between particle and spin systems, and that permits the study of dynamical heterogeneities within a fixed frame of reference similar to the one used for spin glasses. We apply this framework to the study of the dynamics of colloidal particle suspensions for packing fractions corresponding to the supercooled and glassy regimes, which are probed via confocal microscopy.}, author = {Chamon, Claudio and Cugliandolo, Leticia F. and Fabricius, Gabriel and Iguain, Jos\'{e} L. and Weeks, Eric R.}, citeulike-article-id = {3388337}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0802724105}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/105/40/15263.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.pnas.org/content/105/40/15263.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18832161}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=18832161}, doi = {10.1073/pnas.0802724105}, journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, keywords = {colloids, spin-glass}, month = {October}, number = {40}, pages = {15263--15268}, posted-at = {2008-10-08 21:11:40}, priority = {0}, title = {From particles to spins: Eulerian formulation of supercooled liquids and glasses}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0802724105}, volume = {105}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - chamon08 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3388337 N2 - 10.1073/pnas.0802724105 The dynamics of supercooled liquid and glassy systems are usually studied within the Lagrangian representation, in which the positions and velocities of distinguishable interacting particles are followed. Within this representation, however, it is difficult to define measures of spatial heterogeneities in the dynamics, as particles move in and out of any one given region within long enough times. It is also nontransparent how to make connections between the structural glass and the spin glass problems within the Lagrangian formulation. We propose an Eulerian formulation of supercooled liquids and glasses that allows for a simple connection between particle and spin systems, and that permits the study of dynamical heterogeneities within a fixed frame of reference similar to the one used for spin glasses. We apply this framework to the study of the dynamics of colloidal particle suspensions for packing fractions corresponding to the supercooled and glassy regimes, which are probed via confocal microscopy. IS - 40 JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences EP - 15268 TI - From particles to spins: Eulerian formulation of supercooled liquids and glasses VL - 105 SP - 15263 KW - colloids KW - spin-glass AU - Chamon, Claudio AU - Cugliandolo, Leticia AU - Fabricius, Gabriel AU - Iguain, José AU - Weeks, Eric PY - 2008/10/07/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0802724105 ER -