The distinguishability of particles has important implications for calculating the partition function in statistical mechanics. While there are standard formulations for systems of identical particles that are either fully distinguishable or fully indistinguishable, many realistic systems do not...

The complicated nature of materials often necessitates a statistical approach to understanding and predicting their underlying physics. One such example is the empirical Weibull distribution used to describe the fracture statistics of brittle materials such as glass and ceramics. The Weibull...

The relaxation behavior of glass is of great scientific and technological importance. However, prediction of glass relaxation behavior using direct first principles techniques is currently infeasible for realistic laboratory time scales. The enthalpy landscape approach has proven to be...