ORGANIZERS:

Zvi Ovadyahu, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

 

The workshop will focus on the electron glass and other related non-equilibrium quantum phenomena.

Glasses are systems with extremely low internal dynamics, such that their return to equilibrium exceeds any reasonable experimental time. They are of wide current interest because they represent a large class of systems defying measurements at equilibrium. Perhaps surprisingly, the very light electrons can exhibit glassy properties in a disordered medium. Due to the light mass of the electron, quantum effects may become important in determining properties of the electron glass. Indeed, quantum effects have been experimentally observed in recent measurements, and this will be presented at the workshop. 

Other topics to be discussed at the workshop include: two new systems that exhibit intrinsic electron-glass behaviour (beryllium and granular films of nickel); ageing behaviour in granular aluminium films; non-equilibrium transport peculiarities in disordered systems; and relaxation in random magnets.