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Finite size scaling analysis of the glass transition

Statistical Mechanics 2009-11-10 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

Abstract

We show that finite size scaling techniques can be employed to study the glass transition. Our results follow from the postulate of a diverging correlation length at the glass transition whose physical manifestation is the presence of dynamical heterogeneities. We introduce a parameter B(T,L) whose temperature, T, and system size, L, dependences permit a precise location of the glass transition. We discuss the finite size scaling behaviour of a diverging susceptibility \chi(L,T). These new techniques are successfully used to study two lattice models. The analysis straightforwardly applies to any glass-forming system.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0303452,
  title  = {Finite size scaling analysis of the glass transition},
  author = {Ludovic Berthier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0303452},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures