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

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Auteurs principaux: Schirmacher, Walter, Paoluzzi, Matteo, Mocanu, Felix Cosmin, Khomenko, Dmytro, Szamel, Grzegorz, Zamponi, Francesco, Ruocco, Giancarlo
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author Schirmacher, Walter
Paoluzzi, Matteo
Mocanu, Felix Cosmin
Khomenko, Dmytro
Szamel, Grzegorz
Zamponi, Francesco
Ruocco, Giancarlo
author_facet Schirmacher, Walter
Paoluzzi, Matteo
Mocanu, Felix Cosmin
Khomenko, Dmytro
Szamel, Grzegorz
Zamponi, Francesco
Ruocco, Giancarlo
contents 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 evidence of the non-universality of the $ω^4$ scaling of the non-phononic vibrational density of states (DoS), and the existence of an important class of non-phononic excitations in glasses, which we call defect states. These modes are induced by frozen-in stresses and can be classified as quasi-localized. Our results suggest that the commonly observed low-frequency $ω^4$ scaling of the non-phononic vibrational density of states is highly dependent on technical aspects of the molecular dynamics simulations employed to compute the DoS.
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spellingShingle Further testing the validity of generalized heterogeneous-elasticity theory for low-frequency excitations in structural glasses
Schirmacher, Walter
Paoluzzi, Matteo
Mocanu, Felix Cosmin
Khomenko, Dmytro
Szamel, Grzegorz
Zamponi, Francesco
Ruocco, Giancarlo
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
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 evidence of the non-universality of the $ω^4$ scaling of the non-phononic vibrational density of states (DoS), and the existence of an important class of non-phononic excitations in glasses, which we call defect states. These modes are induced by frozen-in stresses and can be classified as quasi-localized. Our results suggest that the commonly observed low-frequency $ω^4$ scaling of the non-phononic vibrational density of states is highly dependent on technical aspects of the molecular dynamics simulations employed to compute the DoS.
title Further testing the validity of generalized heterogeneous-elasticity theory for low-frequency excitations in structural glasses
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.04988