Thermodynamic glass transition in finite dimensions.
Using an effective potential method, a replica formulism is set up for describing supercooled liquids near their glass transition. The resulting potential is equivalent to that for an Ising spin glass in a magnetic field. Results taken from the droplet picture of spin glasses are then used to provide an explanation of the main features of fragile glasses.
Moore
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School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom.
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