vbid/9783319604237

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This thesis presents a theoretical analysis of the behavior of glasses under external perturbations, i.e. compression and shear straining. Written in a pedagogical style, it explains every facet of the problem in detail, including many crucial steps that cannot be found in the existing literature�making it particularly useful for students and as an introduction to the subject of�glassy physics. In glassy systems the behavior under external compression and shear-strain is quite peculiar. Many complex phenomena are observed and grasping them fully would be a major step toward a complete theory of the glass transition.� This thesis makes important advances in this direction, analyzing the behavior of glassy states in painstaking detail and reproducing it in the framework of a recently developed mean field theory for glasses that has proven extremely successful for jamming, demonstrating its predictive�power in the context of metastable glassy states obtained through nonequilibrium protocols. �Typham this is the title: Metastable Glassy States Under External Perturbations Monitoring the Effects of Compression and Shear-strain