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Glassy behaviour in disordered systems with non-relaxational dynamics

Condensed Matter 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

We show that a family of disordered systems with non-relaxational dynamics may exhibit ``glassy'' behavior at nonzero temperature, although such a behavior appears to be ruled out by a face-value application of mean-field theory. Nevertheless, the roots of this behavior can be understood within mean-field theory itself, properly interpreted. Finite systems belonging to this family have a dynamical regime with a self-similar pattern of alternating periods of fast motion and trapping.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9606060,
  title  = {Glassy behaviour in disordered systems with non-relaxational dynamics},
  author = {Leticia F. Cugliandolo and Jorge Kurchan and Pierre Le Doussal and Luca Peliti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9606060},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 4 figures