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We extend our previous analysis of the toy model that mimics the mode coupling theory of supercooled liquids and glass transitions to the out of equilibrium dynamics. We derive a self-consistent set of equations for correlation and response…
Mode-coupling theory (MCT) of sheared dense granular liquids %in the vicinity of jamming transition is formulated. Starting from the Liouville equation of granular particles, the generalized Langevin equation is derived with the aid of the…
We solved the mode-coupling equations for the Kob-Andersen binary mixture using the structure factors calculated from Brownian dynamics simulations of the same system. We found, as was previously observed, that the mode-coupling…