We give a short introduction to the inherent structure approach to glassy systems, with particular emphasis on the Stillinger and Weber (SW) decomposition. We present some of the results obtained in the framework of spin-glass models and Lennard-Jones glasses. We discuss how to generalize the standard SW approach by including the entropy of inherent structures. Finally we discuss why this approach is probably insufficient to describe the behaviour of some kinetically constrained models.
Inherent structures, configurational entropy and slow glassy dynamics / Crisanti, Andrea; F., Ritort. - In: JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER. - ISSN 0953-8984. - STAMPA. - 14:7(2002), pp. 1381-1395. (Intervento presentato al convegno Workshop on Glassy Behaviour of Kinetically Constrained Models tenutosi a BARCELONA, SPAIN nel MAR 22-25, 2001) [10.1088/0953-8984/14/7/301].
Inherent structures, configurational entropy and slow glassy dynamics
CRISANTI, Andrea;
2002
Abstract
We give a short introduction to the inherent structure approach to glassy systems, with particular emphasis on the Stillinger and Weber (SW) decomposition. We present some of the results obtained in the framework of spin-glass models and Lennard-Jones glasses. We discuss how to generalize the standard SW approach by including the entropy of inherent structures. Finally we discuss why this approach is probably insufficient to describe the behaviour of some kinetically constrained models.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
