Dynamical arrest, tracer diffusion and Kinetically Constrained Lattice Gases
Statistical Mechanics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We analyze the tagged particle diffusion for kinetically constrained models for glassy systems. We present a method, focusing on the Kob-Andersen model as an example, which allows to prove lower and upper bounds for the self diffusion coefficient . This method leads to the exact density dependence of , at high density, for models with finite defects and to prove diffusivity, , at any finite density for highly cooperative models. A more general outcome is that under very general assumptions one can exclude that a dynamical transition, like the one predicted by the Mode-Coupling-Theory of glasses, takes place at a finite temperature/chemical potential for systems of interacting particles on a lattice.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0402314,
title = {Dynamical arrest, tracer diffusion and Kinetically Constrained Lattice Gases},
author = {Cristina Toninelli and Giulio Biroli},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0402314},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
28 pages, 4 figures