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Self-Diffusion Coefficient in the Kob-Andersen Model

Probability 2020-03-06 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The Kob-Andersen model is a fundamental example of a kinetically constrained lattice gas, that is, an interacting particle system with Kawasaki type dynamics and kinetic constraints. In this model, a particle is allowed to jump when sufficiently many neighboring sites are empty. We study the motion of a single tagged particle and in particular its convergence to a Brownian motion. Previous results showed that the path of this particle indeed converges in diffusive time-scale, and the purpose of this paper is to study the rate of decay of the self-diffusion coefficient for large densities. We find upper and lower bounds matching to leading behavior.

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@article{arxiv.2003.02531,
  title  = {Self-Diffusion Coefficient in the Kob-Andersen Model},
  author = {Anatole Ertul and Assaf Shapira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.02531},
  year   = {2020}
}