Dynamical heterogeneities in glasses, colloids, and granular media /
Ludovic Berthier ... [et al.].
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- xiii, 450 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
- International series of monographs on physics .
Contents
1. Scientific interview 1.1 Jorge Kurchan answers 1.2 James S. answers 1.3 Thomas A written answers, etc
2. An overview of the theories of the glass transition 2.1 introduction 2.2 A diversity of views and approaches 2.3 Elements of theoretical strategies, etc
3. Overview of different characterizations of dynamic heterogeneities 3.1 introduction 3.2 Observables for characterising dynamical heterogeneity 3.3 Theoretical discussion, etc
4. Glassy dynamics and dynamical heterogeneity in colloids 4.1 Colloidal hard spheres as a model system for the glass transition 4.2 Experimental methods for the measuring both the average dynamics and dynamical heterogeneity 4.3 Average dynamics and dynamical heterogeneity in the super cooled regime, etc
5. Experimental approaches to heterogeneous dynamics 5.1 introduction 5.2 Techniques based on spectral selectivity 5.3 Spatially selective techniques 5.3 Using higher-Order correlation functions, etc
6. Dynamical heterogeneity in grains and foams 6.1 introduction 6.2 heterogeneities in agitated granular media 6.3 heterogeneities in granular flows, etc
7. The length scales of dynamic heterogeneity: results from molecular dynamics simulations 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Kinetic lengths from displacement distributions 7.3 Kinetic lengths from 4-point correlations functions, etc
8. Heterogeneities in amorphous systems under shear 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Theoretical background 8.3 Practicle-Based simulations, etc
9. The jamming scenario- an introduction and outlook 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Overview of recent results for frictionless sphere packings 9.3 Extensions of the results for frictionless spheres, etc
11. Growing length scales in aging systems 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Definitions 11.3 Phase ordering, etc
12. Analytical approaches to time and length scales in models of glasses 12.1 Introduction 12.2 Definition of the correlation function and its relation to correlation time 12.3 Computation of correlation functions in mean-field (random graph) models, etc