Rigorous results for hierarchical models of structural glasses

DOI10.1007/S10955-014-1085-9zbMATH Open1302.82057arXiv1403.5667OpenAlexW2085184212MaRDI QIDQ478434FDOQ478434

Authors: Michele Castellana 

Publication date: 3 December 2014

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider two non-mean-field models of structural glasses built on a hierarchical lattice. First, we consider a hierarchical version of the random energy model (HREM), and we prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit and self-averaging of the free energy. Furthermore, we prove that the infinite-volume entropy is positive in a high-temperature region bounded from below, thus providing an upper bound on the Kauzmann critical temperature. In addition, we show how to improve this bound by leveraging the hierarchical structure of the model. Finally, we introduce a hierarchical version of the $p$-spin model of a structural glass, and we prove the existence of the thermodynamic limit and self-averaging of the free energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1403.5667

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zbMATH Keywords

disordered systemsstatistical physicsGlass transition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B27) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

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