4 papers
Dipole-Induced Transition in 3-Dimensions
Itamar Procaccia, Tuhin Samanta
The Kosterlitz-Thouless and the Hexatic phase transitions are celebrated examples of dipole (vortex, dislocation) induced transitions in condensed matter physics. For very clear re…
Symmetry Breaking and Energy Dissipation in the Mechanical Response of Amorphous Solids
Itamar Procaccia, Tuhin Samanta
Dissipation, or the loss of energy conservation, is necessarily related to symmetry breaking. Here we study the symmetry breaking that is responsible for dissipation in the mechani…
Selection Principle for the Screening Parameters in the Mechanical Response of Amorphous Solids
Pawandeep Kaur, Itamar Procaccia, Tuhin Samanta
The mechanical response of amorphous solids to external strains is riddled with plastic events that create topological charges in the resulting displacement field. It was recently…
Continuum mechanics of differential growth in disordered granular matter
Noemie S. Livne, Tuhin Samanta, Amit Schiller +2
Disordered granular matter exhibits mechanical responses that occupy the boundary between fluids and solids, lacking a complete description within a continuum theoretical framework…