Renormalization group study of a kinetically constrained model for strong glasses.
We derive a dynamic field theory for a kinetically constrained model, based on the Fredrickson-Andersen model, which we expect to describe the properties of an Arrhenius (strong) supercooled liquid at the coarse-grained level. We study this field theory using the renormalization group. For mesoscopic length and time scales, and for space dimension d>/=2 , the behavior of the model is governed by a zero-temperature dynamical critical point in the directed percolation universality class. We argue that in d=1 its behavior is that of compact directed percolation. We perform detailed numerical simulations of the corresponding Fredrickson-Andersen model on the lattice in various dimensions, and find reasonable quantitative agreement with the field theory predictions.
Whitelam
Stephen
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Rudolf Peierls Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Oxford, 1 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3NP, United Kingdom.
Berthier
Ludovic
L
Garrahan
Juan P
JP