Computer simulations of the Gardner transition in structural glasses

preprint2022arXivOpen access

Abstract

The exact mean-field theory for the simplest glass-forming system - the dense assembly of hard spheres in the large dimensional limit - predicts the existence of a Gardner phase. This transition is characterized by full replica symmetry breaking that implies two fascinating physical consequences: (i) a hierarchical free-energy landscape, and (ii) marginal stability. Here we discuss recent results of numerical simulations to examine these mean-field predictions in physical dimensions.

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