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most citedThe nature of non-phononic excitations in disordered systems

23 citations · 41 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cond-mat.dis-nn2026

On non-phononic modes and glassy dynamics

Felix C. Mocanu, Dmytro Khomenko, Matteo Paoluzzi +4

The relationship between vibrational modes and glassy dynamics has been an important and controversial topic of study for many decades. We introduce a family of glass-forming model…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025★ 1 cited

Theory of the -Relaxation Beyond Mode-Coupling Theory: A Microscopic Treatment

Corentin C. L. Laudicina, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, Grzegorz Szamel

We develop a systematic extension of mode-coupling theory (MCT) that incorporates critical dynamical fluctuations. Starting from a microscopic diagrammatic theory, we identify domi…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Microscopic Theory of a Fluctuation-Induced Dynamical Crossover in Supercooled Liquids

Corentin C. L. Laudicina, Liesbeth M. C. Janssen, Grzegorz Szamel

Mean-field theories of the glass transition predict a phase transition to a dynamically arrested state, yet no such transition is observed in experiments or simulations of finite-d…

cond-mat.stat-mech2025

Machine-learning-derived protocols for information-based work extraction from active particles

Grzegorz Szamel

We propose and analyze a process that extracts useful work from a single active particle maintained at constant temperature in a harmonic potential by measuring the relative sign o…

cond-mat.dis-nn2025★ 1 cited

Further testing the validity of generalized heterogeneous-elasticity theory for low-frequency excitations in structural glasses

Walter Schirmacher, Matteo Paoluzzi, Felix Cosmin Mocanu +4

We summarize the salient features of our theory of non-phononic vibrational excitations in glasses [W. Schirmacher et al., Nature Comm. 15, 3107 (2024)]. Next, we provide further e…

cond-mat.dis-nn2025

Defects, Sound Damping, and the Boson Peak in Amorphous Solids

Elijah Flenner, Grzegorz Szamel

Two nearly universal and anomalous properties of glasses, the peak in the specific heat and plateau of the thermal conductivity, occur around the same temperature. This coincidence…

cond-mat.dis-nn2024

Simple fluctuations in simple glass formers

Corentin C. L. Laudicina, Patrick Charbonneau, Yi Hu +4

Critical single-particle fluctuations associated with particle displacements are inherent to simple glass-forming liquids in the limit of large dimensions and leave a pseudo-critic…

cond-mat.dis-nn2024

Self-consistent theory for sound propagation in a simple model of a disordered, harmonic solid

Grzegorz Szamel

We present a self-consistent theory for sound propagation in a simple model of a disordered solid. The solid is modeled as a collection of randomly distributed particles connected…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 8 cited

Irreversible Boltzmann samplers in dense liquids: weak-coupling approximation and mode-coupling theory

Federico Ghimenti, Ludovic Berthier, Grzegorz Szamel +1

Exerting a nonequilibrium drive on an otherwise equilibrium Langevin process brings the dynamics out of equilibrium but can also speedup the approach to the Boltzmann steady-state.…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 7 cited

Transverse forces and glassy liquids in infinite dimensions

Federico Ghimenti, Ludovic Berthier, Grzegorz Szamel +1

We explore the dynamics of a simple liquid whose particles, in addition to standard potential-based interactions, are also subjected to transverse forces preserving the Boltzmann d…

cond-mat.dis-nn2023★ 23 cited

The nature of non-phononic excitations in disordered systems

Walter Schirmacher, Matteo Paoluzzi, Felix Cosmin Mocanu +4

Using heterogeneous-elasticity theory (HET) and a generalisation of HET theory (GHET), obtained by applying a newly developed procedure for obtaining the continuum limit of the gla…