Superglass
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A superglass is a phase of matter which is characterized by superfluidity and a frozen amorphous structure at the same time.{{cite journal
| author = Giulio Biroli
| author2 = Claudio Chamon
| author3 = Francesco Zamponi
| year = 2008
| title = Theory of the superglass phase
| journal = Physical Review B
| volume = 78 | issue = 22 | pages = 19
| doi = 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.224306
|bibcode = 2008PhRvB..78v4306B |arxiv = 0807.2458 | s2cid = 3222218
}}
J.C. Séamus Davis theorised that frozen helium-4 (at 0.2 K and 50 atm) may be a superglass.{{cite web|url=https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2009/04/frozen-helium-4-may-be-unusual-superglass|title=Press release: Supersolid or superglass? Cornell researchers study a strange state of matter in helium - Cornell Chronicle}}{{Cite journal|arxiv=1111.5956|title=Mean field theory of superglasses|journal=Physical Review B|volume=85|issue=10|pages=104205|last1=Yu|first1=Xiaoquan|last2=Mueller|first2=Markus|year=2012|doi=10.1103/PhysRevB.85.104205|bibcode=2012PhRvB..85j4205Y|s2cid=119261743 }}
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References
- [http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39242/title/Superglass_could_be_new_state_of_matter_ Superglass could be new state of matter] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227192724/http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/39242/title/Superglass_could_be_new_state_of_matter_ |date=2012-02-27 }} (subscription required)
- [http://www.phys.ens.fr/~zamponi/archivio/talks/2009-02-24-firenze.pdf A new quantum glass phase: the superglass]
- [http://prl.aps.org/ Phys. Rev. Lett. Vol.101, 8th Aug 2008]
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