Dynamic relaxation is an intrinsic and universal feature of glasses and enables fluctuation
and dissipation to occur, which induces plentiful behaviour, maintains equilibrium, and …

Active systems evade the rules of equilibrium thermodynamics by constantly dissipating
energy at the level of their microscopic components. This energy flux stems from the …

The ability to prepare a physical system in a desired quantum state is central to many areas
of physics such as nuclear magnetic resonance, cold atoms, and quantum computing. Yet …

A theoretical perspective is provided on the glass transition in molecular liquids at thermal
equilibrium, on the spatially heterogeneous and aging dynamics of disordered materials …

Amorphous solids, or glasses, are distinguished from crystalline solids by their lack of long-
range structural order. At the level of two-body structural correlations, glassformers show no …

Most of the solid materials we use in everyday life, from plastics to cosmetic gels exist under
a non-crystalline, amorphous form: they are glasses. Yet, we are still seeking a fundamental …

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We consider the problem of conditioning a Markov process on a rare event and of
representing this conditioned process by a conditioning-free process, called the effective or …

Hydrogen bonds profoundly influence the fundamental chemical, physical and biological
properties of molecules and materials. Owing to their relatively weaker interactions …

We provide here a brief perspective on the glass transition field. It is an assessment, written
from the point of view of theory, of where the field is and where it seems to be heading. We …