TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berthier,Ludovic
TI  - Dynamical heterogeneities in glasses, colloids, and granular media
T2  - International series of monographs on physics
SN  - 9780199691470 (hardback)
U1  - 531.3 22
PY  - 2011///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Glass
KW  - Colloids
KW  - Condensed matter
N1  - 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

10. Kinetically constrained models 
10.1 Motivation
10.2 The models 
10.3 Ergodicity-breaking transitions, 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; Bibliographical references : p. 448-450
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