title: Breakdown of continuum elasticity in amorphous solids.
abstract: We show numerically that the response of simple amorphous solids (elastic networks and particle packings) to a local force dipole is characterized by a lengthscale lc that diverges as unjamming is approached as lc ∼ (z - 2d)(-1/2), where z ≥ 2d is the mean coordination, and d is the spatial dimension, at odds with previous numerical claims. We also show how the magnitude of the lengthscale lc is amplified by the presence of internal stresses in the disordered solid. Our data suggests a divergence of lc ∼ (pc - p)(-1/4) with proximity to a critical internal stress pc at which soft elastic modes become unstable.
authors.affiliation: New York University, Center for Soft Matter Research, 4 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, USA. mw135@nyu.edu.
authors.forename: Edan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lerner
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: DeGiuli
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Düring
authors.forename: Matthieu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wyart
mesh_terms: D004548:Elasticity; D005782:Gels / Q000737:chemistry*; D055672:Static Electricity
chemical_list: D005782:Gels