On the example of a mean-field Fredrickson-Andersen kinetically constrained model, we focus on the known property that equilibrium dynamics take place at a first-order dynamical phase transition point in the space of time-realizations. We investigate the finite-size properties of this first order transition. By discussing and exploiting a mapping of the classical dynamical transition -an argued glassiness signature- to a first-order quantum transition, we show that the quantum analogy can be exploited to extract finite-size properties, which in many respects are similar to those in genuine mean-field quantum systems with a first-order transition. We fully characterize the finite-size properties of the order parameter across the first order transition.
@article{arxiv.1405.1658,
title = {Finite size effects in a mean-field kinetically constrained model: dynamical glassiness and quantum criticality},
author = {Takahiro Nemoto and Vivien Lecomte and Shin-ichi Sasa and Frédéric van Wijland},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1405.1658},
year = {2015}
}