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Jamming transition of kinetically-constrained models in rectangular systems

Statistical Mechanics 2012-11-28 v1

Abstract

We theoretically calculate the average fraction of frozen particles in rectangular systems of arbitrary dimensions for the Kob-Andersen and Fredrickson-Andersen kinetically-constrained models. We find the aspect ratio of the rectangle's length to width, which distinguishes short, square-like rectangles from long, tunnel-like rectangles, and show how changing it can effect the jamming transition. We find how the critical vacancy density converges to zero in infinite systems for different aspect ratios: for long and wide channels it decreases algebraically vcW1/2v_{c}\sim W^{-1/2} with the system's width W, while in square systems it decreases logarithmically vc1/lnLv_{c}\sim1/\ln L with length L. Although derived for asymptotically wide rectangles, our analytical results agree with numerical data for systems as small as W10W\approx10.

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@article{arxiv.1211.0860,
  title  = {Jamming transition of kinetically-constrained models in rectangular systems},
  author = {Eial Teomy and Yair Shokef},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1211.0860},
  year   = {2012}
}

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20 pages, 15 figures

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