2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/27210In this talk I will show that usual spin glasses are a peculiar kind of Abelian gauge theory. I will shortly review the techniques used to study them. At the end I will consider more general models (e.g. spin glasses based on non Abelian gauge group) and I will discuss the relevance of these models to real glasses. Finally I will derive from first principles a generalised Vogel-Fulcher law for the divergence of the characteristic time near the glass transition.Condensed MatterHigh Energy Physics - Theorytext