DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1006306107. Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition

Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition

10.1073/pnas.1006306107

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

We generalize the simplest kinetically constrained model of a glass-forming liquid by softening kinetic constraints, allowing them to be violated with a small rate. We demonstrate that this model supports a first-order dynamical (space–time) phase transition between active (fluid) and inactive (glass) phases. The first-order phase boundary in this softened model ends in a finite-temperature dynamical critical point, which may be present in natural systems. In this case, the glass phase has a very large but finite relaxation time. We discuss links between the dynamical critical point and quantum phase transitions, showing that dynamical phase transitions in d dimensions map to quantum transitions in the same dimension, and hence to classical thermodynamic phase transitions in d + 1 dimensions.

Bibliography

Elmatad, Y. S., Jack, R. L., Chandler, D., & Garrahan, J. P. (2010). Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(29), 12793â12798.

Authors 4

Yael S. Elmatad (first)
Robert L. Jack (additional)
David Chandler (additional)
Juan P. Garrahan (additional)

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Dates

Type	When
Created	15 years, 1 month ago (July 2, 2010, 11:20 p.m.)
Deposited	3 years, 4 months ago (April 13, 2022, 11:31 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 5 days ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 9:55 a.m.)
Issued	15 years, 2 months ago (July 2, 2010)
Published	15 years, 2 months ago (July 2, 2010)
Published Online	15 years, 2 months ago (July 2, 2010)
Published Print	15 years, 1 month ago (July 20, 2010)

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BibTeX

@article{Elmatad_2010, title={Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition}, volume={107}, ISSN={1091-6490}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1006306107}, DOI={10.1073/pnas.1006306107}, number={29}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, publisher={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences}, author={Elmatad, Yael S. and Jack, Robert L. and Chandler, David and Garrahan, Juan P.}, year={2010}, month=jul, pages={12793–12798} }

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