Topological Disorder in Condensed Matter

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • F. Yonezawa, T. Ninomiya

      Pages 1-11

3. Structural Aspects of Topological Disorder

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 13-13

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   2. Gauge Theory of Glass

      • N. Rivier

      Pages 14-29

   3. Change in Space Curvature Relation to Order and Disorder in Amorphous Structures

      • J. F. Sadoc, R. Mosseri

      Pages 30-39

   4. Medium Range Order in Dense Random Packed Structure

      • T. Ninomiya

      Pages 40-50

   5. Random Two-Dimensional Cellular Structures

      • D. Weaire

      Pages 51-59

   6. Problems in a Digital Description of a Configuration of Atoms and Some Other Geometrical Topics in Physics

      • T. Ogawa

      Pages 60-77

4. Computer Simulations and Analyses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79

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   2. Computer Glass Transition

      • M. Kimura, F. Yonezawa

      Pages 80-110

   3. Atomic Structure and Electronic State of Metallic Glasses

      • T. Fujiwara

      Pages 111-120

5. Some Aspects of Elementary Excitations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Topology, Geometry, Elementary Excitations and Physical Properties of Disordered Materials

      • M. H. Cohen

      Pages 122-141

   3. Topological Disorder and Waves in a Dislocated Lattice

      • K. Kawamura, Y. Irie, Y. Zempo, R. Ohira, T. Nakamura

      Pages 142-152

   4. Path Integral Formulation of Quantum Propagation in a Dislocated Lattice

      • K. Kitahara, K. Nakazato, H. Araki

      Pages 153-162

6. Statistical Properties in Two Dimensions

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163

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   2. Order, Frustration, and Two-Dimensional Glass

      • D. R. Nelson

      Pages 164-180

   3. Statistics of Two-Dimensional Amorphous Lattice and Some Applications

      • H. Kawamura

      Pages 181-190

   4. Ordering Processes in Frustrated Systems

      • S. Miyashita

      Pages 191-202

   5. Quantum Effects in Two-Dimensional X-Y Model

      • H. Takano

      Pages 203-211

This volume contains papers presented at the Fifth Taniguchi Symposium on the Theory of Condensed Matter, which was held between 2-5 November, 1982, at Shimoda, Japan. The topic of the Symposium was "Topological Disorder in Condensed Matter. " The objective of the Taniguchi Symposium is to encourage activity in those fields of research not in the limelight at the moment but regarded as very promising, such as our theme. Topological disorder refers to the dis­ order in the positions and connectivities of atoms in amorphous solids and liquids. The development of the physiCS of topologically disorderd systems, though extremely important fundamentally and for application purposes, falls far behind compared to that of other kinds of disorderd systems because the structure characterization of topologically disordered systems is still at a rather primitive stage. The structure characterization is the key to com­ prehensive understanding of physical properties of any material. Recently, several new attempts at structural analyses have been reported. Encouraged by this fact, our motivation in organizing the symposium was to investigate the possibilities of theoretical approaches to open a breakthrough in the present research situation on this subject. A rough sketch of the problem is made in the Introduction to give the readers a general outline of the subject. Part I is devoted to several at­ tempts to synthesize and characterize topological disorder more or less by analytical means.

• Amorpher Stoff
• Properties
• Topologische Unordnung
• atoms
• condensed matter
• development
• disordered system
• fields
• paper
• physics
• structure

• Department of Physics, School of Science and Technology, Keio University, Hiyoshi Yokohama 223, Japan

  Fumiko Yonezawa

• Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku Tokyo 113, Japan

  Toshiyuki Ninomiya

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