Year: 2000
Type: article
Abstract: The variational principle (VP) has been used to capture the metastable states of a glass-forming molecular system without quenched disorder. It has been shown that VP naturally leads to a self-consistent random field Ginzburg-Landau model (RFGLM). In the framework of one-step replica symmetry breaking (1-RSB) the general solution of RFGLM is discussed in the vicinity of the spinodal temperature T A in terms of "hidden" form factors ( k ), g 0 ( k ) and Δ( k ). The self-generated disorder spontaneously arises. It is argued that at T < T A the activated dynamics is dominant.
Source: Europhysics Letters (EPL)
Authors: V. G Rostiashvili, T. A Vilgis
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2105508786