Quantum slow relaxation and metastability due to dynamical constraints

One of the general mechanisms that give rise to the slow cooperative relaxation characteristic of classical glasses is the presence of kinetic constraints in the dynamics. Here we show that dynamical constraints can similarly lead to slow thermalisation and metastability in translationally invariant...

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Main Authors: Lan, Zhihao, van Horssen, Merlijn, Powell, Stephen, Garrahan, Juan P.
Format: Article
Published: American Physical Society 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52856/