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Scenarii for slow dynamics and cooperative lengthscales in glass-formers

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Glasses are often described as a genuine state of matter. The aim of this paper is to briefly review several ideas, old and new, about what makes glasses so special as a state of matter: glasses are liquids that do not flow, characterized by increasingly cooperative dynamics.

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  1. Service de Physique Théorique, Orme des Merisiers, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    G. Biroli

  2. Service de Physique de l’État Condensé, Orme des Merisiers, CEA Saclay, 91191, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France

    J. -P. Bouchaud

  3. Science & Finance, Capital Fund Management, 6-8 Bd Haussmann, 75009, Paris, France

    J. -P. Bouchaud

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Biroli, G., Bouchaud, J.P. Scenarii for slow dynamics and cooperative lengthscales in glass-formers. Eur. Phys. J. B 64, 327–330 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2008-00120-3

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