Growing timescales and lengthscales characterizing vibrations of amorphous solids Auteur(s): Berthier L., Charbonneau Patrick, Jin Yuliang, Parisi Giorgio, Seoane Beatriz, Zamponi Francesco (Article) Publié: Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America, vol. 113 p.8397 (2016) Texte intégral en Openaccess : Ref HAL: hal-01360538_v1 Ref Arxiv: 1511.04201 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1607730113 WoS: 000380346200037 Ref. & Cit.: NASA ADS Exporter : BibTex | endNote 55 Citations Résumé: Low-temperature properties of crystalline solids can be understood using harmonic perturbations around a perfect lattice, as in Debye's theory. Low-temperature properties of amorphous solids, however, strongly depart from such descriptions, displaying enhanced transport, activated slow dynamics across energy barriers, excess vibrational modes with respect to Debye's theory (i.e., a Boson Peak), and complex irreversible responses to small mechanical deformations. These experimental observations indirectly suggest that the dynamics of amorphous solids becomes anomalous at low temperatures. Here, we present direct numerical evidence that vibrations change nature at a well-defined location deep inside the glass phase of a simple glass former. We provide a real-space description of this transition and of the rapidly growing time and length scales that accompany it. Our results provide the seed for a universal understanding of low-temperature glass anomalies within the theoretical framework of the recently discovered Gardner phase transition. Commentaires: 12 pages, 20 figures. Accepted for publication in PNAS. Réf Journal: PNAS 113, 8397-8401 (2016) |