The Thermodynamic Glass Transition in Finite Dimensions
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
2009-11-11 v3 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
Using an effective potential method, a replica formulism is set up for describing supercooled liquids near their glass transition. The resulting potential is equivalent to that for an Ising spin glass in a magnetic field. Results taken from the droplet picture of spin glasses are then used to provide an explanation of the main features of fragile glasses.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0510375,
title = {The Thermodynamic Glass Transition in Finite Dimensions},
author = {M. A. Moore and J. Yeo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0510375},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages; Final version published in Physical Review Letters