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Amorphous solids as fuzzy crystals: A Debye-like theory of low-temperature specific heat

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The formulation of a fundamental theoretical description of disordered solids is a standing challenge in condensed matter physics. So far, the structure and dynamics of glasses is described in the… Click to show full abstract

The formulation of a fundamental theoretical description of disordered solids is a standing challenge in condensed matter physics. So far, the structure and dynamics of glasses is described in the literature on the basis of phenomenological models. We develop a theoretical framework for amorphous materials, relying on the basic principle that the disorder in a glass is similar to the disorder in a classical fluid, while the latter is mathematically encoded by noncommutative coordinates in the Lagrange formulation of fluid mechanics. Under this principle, we construct a model of the amorphous solids as fuzzy crystals and we establish an analytical theory of vibrations for glasses, that naturally contains the boson peak as a manifestation of an extended van Hove singularity.

Keywords: amorphous solids; theory; crystals debye; physics; solids fuzzy; fuzzy crystals

Journal Title: Annals of Physics
Year Published: 2022

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