Physics:Gardner transition

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In condensed matter physics, the Gardner transition refers to a temperature induced transition in which the free energy basin of a disordered system divides into many marginally stable sub-basins.[1][2] It is named after Elizabeth Gardner who first described it in 1985.[1]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Gardner, E. (1985). "Spin glasses with p-spin interactions" (in en). Nuclear Physics B 257: 747–765. doi:10.1016/0550-3213(85)90374-8. Bibcode1985NuPhB.257..747G. 
  2. "30 pages of calculations settle a 30-year debate over a mysterious new phase of matter". Phys.org. 30 May 2017. https://phys.org/news/2017-05-pages-year-debate-mysterious-phase.html.