Physics:Superglass

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Short description: Phase of matter

A superglass is a phase of matter which is characterized by superfluidity and a frozen amorphous structure at the same time.[1]

J.C. Séamus Davis theorised that frozen helium-4 (at 0.2 K and 50 atm) may be a superglass.[1][2][3]

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 Giulio Biroli; Claudio Chamon; Francesco Zamponi (2008). "Theory of the superglass phase". Physical Review B 78 (22): 19. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.78.224306. Bibcode2008PhRvB..78v4306B. 
  2. "Press release: Supersolid or superglass? Cornell researchers study a strange state of matter in helium - Cornell Chronicle". https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2009/04/frozen-helium-4-may-be-unusual-superglass. 
  3. Yu, Xiaoquan; Mueller, Markus (2012). "Mean field theory of superglasses". Physical Review B 85 (10): 104205. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.85.104205. Bibcode2012PhRvB..85j4205Y. 

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