Superglass
Appearance
A superglass is a phase of matter which is characterized (at the same time) by superfluidity and a frozen amorphous structure.[1]
J.C. Séamus Davis theorised that frozen helium-4 (at 0.2 K and 50 Atm) may be a superglass.[2][3][4][5]
See also
References
- ^ Giulio Biroli; Claudio Chamon; Francesco Zamponi (2008). "Theory of the superglass phase". Physical Review B. 78 (22): 19. arXiv:0807.2458. Bibcode:2008PhRvB..78v4306B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.224306.
- ^ "Frozen helium-4 may be an unusual 'superglass'".
- ^ "Supersolid or superglass? Cornell researchers study a strange state of matter in helium - Cornell Chronicle".
- ^ Yu, Xiaoquan; Mueller, Markus (2011). "Mean field theory of superglasses". Physical Review B. 85 (10). arXiv:1111.5956. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.104205.
- ^ Biroli, Giulio; Chamon, Claudio; Zamponi, Francesco (2008). "Theory of the superglass phase". Physical Review B. 78 (22): 224306. Bibcode:2008PhRvB..78v4306B. doi:10.1103/physrevb.78.224306.
External links
- Superglass could be new state of matter (subscription required)
- A new quantum glass phase: the superglass
- Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol.101, 8th Aug 2008