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Center for Nonlinear Studies |
Glassy dynamics in disordered materials prohibits the direct simulation of their nonequilibrium behavior at large scales. In this talk, I present patchwork dynamics, a technique in which local Monte Carlo updates are replaced by exact equilibration on patches at a given length scale. In cases where fast equilibration or ground state algorithms exist, this technique can immensely speed up simulations. This allows us to probe the long-time dynamics of glassy materials and see behaviors, such as memory effects, which are poorly understood and had not been observed in simulations.
Host: Charles Reichhardt, T-4