A Hierarchical Model of Slow Constrained Dynamics

Details A Hierarchical Model of Slow Constrained Dynamics A Hierarchical Model of Slow Constrained Dynamics

1997-12-15

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9712165v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

15 pages, 9 figures, LateX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.57.4354

We introduce a new simple hierarchically constrained model of slow relaxation. The configurational energy has a simple form as there is no coupling among the spins defining the system; the associated stationary distribution is an equilibrium, Gibbsian one. However, due to the presence of hierarchical constraints in the dynamics the system is found to relax to its equilibrium distribution in an extremely slow fashion when suddenly cooled from an initial temperature, $T_0$, to a final one $T_f$. The relaxation curve in that case can be fit by an stretched exponential curve. On the other hand the relaxation function is found to be exponential when $T_f >T_0$, with characteristic times depending on both $T_f$ and $T_0$, with characteristic times obeying an Arrhenius law. Numerical results as well as some analytical studies are presented. In particular we introduce a simple equation that captures the essence of the slow relaxation.

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