Cooperative Behavior of Kinetically Constrained Lattice Gas Models of Glassy Dynamics

Details Cooperative Behavior of Kinetically Constrained Lattice Gas Models of Glassy Dynamics Cooperative Behavior of Kinetically Constrained Lattice Gas Models of Glassy Dynamics

2004-10-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0410647v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

59 pages

Scientific paper

10.1007/s10955-005-5250-z

Kinetically constrained lattice models of glasses introduced by Kob and Andersen (KA) are analyzed. It is proved that only two behaviors are possible on hypercubic lattices: either ergodicity at all densities or trivial non-ergodicity, depending on the constraint parameter and the dimensionality. But in the ergodic cases, the dynamics is shown to be intrinsically cooperative at high densities giving rise to glassy dynamics as observed in simulations. The cooperativity is characterized by two length scales whose behavior controls finite-size effects: these are essential for interpreting simulations. In contrast to hypercubic lattices, on Bethe lattices KA models undergo a dynamical (jamming) phase transition at a critical density: this is characterized by diverging time and length scales and a discontinuous jump in the long-time limit of the density autocorrelation function. By analyzing generalized Bethe lattices (with loops) that interpolate between hypercubic lattices and standard Bethe lattices, the crossover between the dynamical transition that exists on these lattices and its absence in the hypercubic lattice limit is explored. Contact with earlier results are made via analysis of the related Fredrickson-Andersen models, followed by brief discussions of universality, of other approaches to glass transitions, and of some issues relevant for experiments.

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