Dynamic facilitation explains democratic particle motion of metabasin transitions

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dc.creatorHedges, Lester O.
dc.creatorGarrahan, Juan P.
dc.date2007-06-07
dc.date2007-06-07
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dc.descriptionTransitions between metabasins in supercooled liquids seem to occur through rapid "democratic" collective particle rearrangements. Here we show that this apparent homogeneous particle motion is a direct consequence of dynamic facilitation. We do so by studying metabasin transitions in facilitated spin models and constrained lattice gases. We find that metabasin transitions occur through a sequence of locally facilitated events taking place over a relatively short time frame. When observed on small enough spatial windows these events appear sudden and homogeneous. Our results indicate that metabasin transitions are essentially "non-democratic" in origin and yet another manifestation of dynamical heterogeneity in glass formers.
dc.description6 pages, 6 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0902
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0706.0902
dc.identifierJ. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41 (2008) 324006.
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1751-8113/41/32/324006
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/166009
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectSoft Condensed Matter
dc.titleDynamic facilitation explains democratic particle motion of metabasin transitions
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