Simple fluctuations in simple glass formers

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Autores principales: Laudicina, Corentin C. L., Charbonneau, Patrick, Hu, Yi, Janssen, Liesbeth M. C., Morse, Peter K., Pihlajamaa, Ilian, Szamel, Grzegorz
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author Laudicina, Corentin C. L.
Charbonneau, Patrick
Hu, Yi
Janssen, Liesbeth M. C.
Morse, Peter K.
Pihlajamaa, Ilian
Szamel, Grzegorz
author_facet Laudicina, Corentin C. L.
Charbonneau, Patrick
Hu, Yi
Janssen, Liesbeth M. C.
Morse, Peter K.
Pihlajamaa, Ilian
Szamel, Grzegorz
contents Critical single-particle fluctuations associated with particle displacements are inherent to simple glass-forming liquids in the limit of large dimensions and leave a pseudo-critical trace across all finite dimensions. This characteristic could serve as a crucial test for distinguishing between theories of glass formation. We here examine these critical fluctuations, as captured by the well-established non-Gaussian parameter, within both mode-coupling theory (MCT) and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) across dimensions for hard sphere liquids and for the minimally structured Mari--Kurchan model. We establish general scaling laws relevant to any liquid dynamics theory in large dimensions and show that the dimensional scalings predicted by MCT are inconsistent with those from DMFT. Simulation results for hard spheres in moderately high dimensions align with the DMFT scenario, reinforcing the relevance of mean-field theory for capturing glass physics in finite dimensions. We identify potential adjustments to MCT to account for certain mean-field physics. Our findings also highlight that local structure and spatial dimensionality can affect single-particle critical fluctuations in non-trivial ways.
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spellingShingle Simple fluctuations in simple glass formers
Laudicina, Corentin C. L.
Charbonneau, Patrick
Hu, Yi
Janssen, Liesbeth M. C.
Morse, Peter K.
Pihlajamaa, Ilian
Szamel, Grzegorz
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Critical single-particle fluctuations associated with particle displacements are inherent to simple glass-forming liquids in the limit of large dimensions and leave a pseudo-critical trace across all finite dimensions. This characteristic could serve as a crucial test for distinguishing between theories of glass formation. We here examine these critical fluctuations, as captured by the well-established non-Gaussian parameter, within both mode-coupling theory (MCT) and dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) across dimensions for hard sphere liquids and for the minimally structured Mari--Kurchan model. We establish general scaling laws relevant to any liquid dynamics theory in large dimensions and show that the dimensional scalings predicted by MCT are inconsistent with those from DMFT. Simulation results for hard spheres in moderately high dimensions align with the DMFT scenario, reinforcing the relevance of mean-field theory for capturing glass physics in finite dimensions. We identify potential adjustments to MCT to account for certain mean-field physics. Our findings also highlight that local structure and spatial dimensionality can affect single-particle critical fluctuations in non-trivial ways.
title Simple fluctuations in simple glass formers
topic Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.06933