Marginal Scaling Scenario and Analytic Results for a Glassy Compaction Model
- 12 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 88 (12), 125701
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.88.125701
Abstract
A diffusion-deposition model for glassy dynamics in compacting granular systems is treated by time scaling and by a method that provides the exact asymptotic (long-time) behavior. The results include Vogel-Fulcher dependence of rates on density, inverse logarithmic time decay of densities, exponential distribution of decay times, and broadening of noise spectrum. These are all in broad agreement with experiments. The main characteristics result from a marginal rescaling in time of the control parameter (density); this is argued to be generic for glassy systems.Keywords
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