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Continuum limit of amorphous elastic bodies: A finite-size study of low-frequency harmonic vibrations

Continuum limit of amorphous elastic bodies: A finite-size study of low-frequency harmonic vibrations

The approach of the elastic continuum limit in small amorphous bodies formed by weakly polydisperse Lennard-Jones beads is investigated in a systematic finite-size study. We show that classical continuum elasticity breaks down when the wavelength of the sollicitation is smaller than a characteristic length of approximately 30 molecular sizes. Due …