Enumerating low-frequency nonphononic vibrations in computer glasses
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| author | Lerner, Edan Moriel, Avraham Bouchbinder, Eran |
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| contents | In addition to Goldstone phonons that generically emerge in the low-frequency vibrational spectrum of any solid, crystalline or glassy, structural glasses also feature other low-frequency vibrational modes. The nature and statistical properties of these modes -- often termed `excess modes' -- have been the subject of decades-long investigation. Studying them, even using well-controlled computer glasses, has proven challenging due to strong spatial hybridization effects between phononic and nonphononic excitations, which hinder quantitative analyses of the nonphononic contribution ${\cal D}_{\rm G}(ω)$ to the total spectrum ${\cal D}(ω)$, per frequency $ω$. Here, using recent advances indicating that ${\cal D}_{\rm G}(ω)\!=\!{\cal D}(ω)-{\cal D}_{\rm D}(ω)$, where ${\cal D}_{\rm D}(ω)$ is Debye's spectrum of phonons, we present a simple and straightforward scheme to enumerate nonphononic modes in computer glasses. Our analysis establishes that nonphononic modes in computer glasses indeed make an additive contribution to the total spectrum, including in the presence of strong hybridizations. Moreover, it cleanly reveals the universal ${\cal D}_{\rm G}(ω)\!\sim\!ω^4$ tail of the nonphononic spectrum, and opens the way for related analyses of experimental spectra of glasses. |
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| spellingShingle | Enumerating low-frequency nonphononic vibrations in computer glasses Lerner, Edan Moriel, Avraham Bouchbinder, Eran Soft Condensed Matter Disordered Systems and Neural Networks In addition to Goldstone phonons that generically emerge in the low-frequency vibrational spectrum of any solid, crystalline or glassy, structural glasses also feature other low-frequency vibrational modes. The nature and statistical properties of these modes -- often termed `excess modes' -- have been the subject of decades-long investigation. Studying them, even using well-controlled computer glasses, has proven challenging due to strong spatial hybridization effects between phononic and nonphononic excitations, which hinder quantitative analyses of the nonphononic contribution ${\cal D}_{\rm G}(ω)$ to the total spectrum ${\cal D}(ω)$, per frequency $ω$. Here, using recent advances indicating that ${\cal D}_{\rm G}(ω)\!=\!{\cal D}(ω)-{\cal D}_{\rm D}(ω)$, where ${\cal D}_{\rm D}(ω)$ is Debye's spectrum of phonons, we present a simple and straightforward scheme to enumerate nonphononic modes in computer glasses. Our analysis establishes that nonphononic modes in computer glasses indeed make an additive contribution to the total spectrum, including in the presence of strong hybridizations. Moreover, it cleanly reveals the universal ${\cal D}_{\rm G}(ω)\!\sim\!ω^4$ tail of the nonphononic spectrum, and opens the way for related analyses of experimental spectra of glasses. |
| title | Enumerating low-frequency nonphononic vibrations in computer glasses |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Disordered Systems and Neural Networks |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.12735 |