Facilitated spin models of dissipative quantum glasses

Details Facilitated spin models of dissipative quantum glasses Facilitated spin models of dissipative quantum glasses

2012-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/1203.6585v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

7 pages, 6 figures

Scientific paper

We introduce a class of dissipative quantum spin models with local interactions and without quenched disorder that show glassy behaviour. These models are the quantum analogs of the classical facilitated spin models. Just like their classical counterparts, quantum facilitated models display complex glassy dynamics despite the fact that their stationary state is essentially trivial. In these systems, dynamical arrest is a consequence of kinetic constraints and not of static ordering. These models display a quantum version of dynamic heterogeneity: the dynamics towards relaxation is spatially correlated despite the absence of static correlations. Associated dynamical fluctuation phenomena such as decoupling of timescales is also observed. Moreover, we find that close to the classical limit quantum fluctuations can enhance glassiness, as recently reported for quantum liquids.

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