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Multiple higher-order singularities and iso-dynamics in a simple glass-former model

Soft Condensed Matter 2014-07-16 v1

Abstract

We investigate the slow dynamics of a colloidal model with two repulsive length scales, whose interaction potential is the sum of a hard-core and a square shoulder. Despite the simplicity of the interactions, Mode-Coupling theory predicts a complex dynamic scenario: a fluid-glass line with two reentrances and a glass-glass line ending with multiple higher-order (A3A_3 or A4A_4) singularities. In this work we verify the existence of the two A4A_4 points by numerical simulations, observing subdiffusive behaviour of the mean-square displacement and logarithmic decay of the density correlators. Surprisingly, we also discover a novel dynamic behaviour generated by the competition between the two higher-order singularities. This results in the presence of special loci along which the dynamics is identical \textit{at all} length and time scales.

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@article{arxiv.1407.3917,
  title  = {Multiple higher-order singularities and iso-dynamics in a simple glass-former model},
  author = {Nicoletta Gnan and Gayatri Das and Matthias Sperl and Francesco Sciortino and Emanuela Zaccarelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.3917},
  year   = {2014}
}

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