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Low-frequency vibrational modes of stable glasses

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  • Lijin Wang

    (Beijing Computational Science Research Center
    Colorado State University)

  • Andrea Ninarello

    (CNRS
    Piazzale A. Moro 2)

  • Pengfei Guan

    (Beijing Computational Science Research Center)

  • Ludovic Berthier

    (CNRS)

  • Grzegorz Szamel

    (Colorado State University)

  • Elijah Flenner

    (Colorado State University)

Abstract

Unusual features of the vibrational density of states D(ω) of glasses allow one to rationalize their peculiar low-temperature properties. Simulational studies of D(ω) have been restricted to studying poorly annealed glasses that may not be relevant to experiments. Here we report on D(ω) of zero-temperature glasses with kinetic stabilities ranging from poorly annealed to ultrastable glasses. For all preparations, the low-frequency part of D(ω) splits between extended and quasi-localized modes. Extended modes exhibit a boson peak crossing over to Debye behavior (Dex(ω) ~ ω2) at low-frequency, with a strong correlation between the two regimes. Quasi-localized modes obey Dloc(ω) ~ ω4, irrespective of the stability. The prefactor of this quartic law decreases with increasing stability, and the corresponding modes become more localized and sparser. Our work is the first numerical observation of quasi-localized modes in a regime relevant to experiments, and it establishes a direct connection between glasses’ stability and their soft vibrational modes

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  • Lijin Wang & Andrea Ninarello & Pengfei Guan & Ludovic Berthier & Grzegorz Szamel & Elijah Flenner, 2019. "Low-frequency vibrational modes of stable glasses," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 10(1), pages 1-7, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:10:y:2019:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-018-07978-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07978-1
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    1. Ding Xu & Shiyun Zhang & Hua Tong & Lijin Wang & Ning Xu, 2024. "Low-frequency vibrational density of states of ordinary and ultra-stable glasses," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-9, December.
    2. Walter Schirmacher & Matteo Paoluzzi & Felix Cosmin Mocanu & Dmytro Khomenko & Grzegorz Szamel & Francesco Zamponi & Giancarlo Ruocco, 2024. "The nature of non-phononic excitations in disordered systems," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-16, December.

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