The mode coupling theory of structural relaxations

DOI10.1080/00411459508203936MaRDI QIDQ4337842zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Wolfgang Götze, L. Sjögren

Publication date 27 May 1997

Published in Transport Theory and Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/00411459508203936

zbMATH Keywords

bifurcation singularitiescritical decay lawscritical temperaturedensity fluctuation productsglass transition singularitiesnon-ergodicity parametersseparation parameterssimple liquidsslow modes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations, constitutive equations, rheology, hydrodynamical models of non-fluid phenomena (76A99) Statistical mechanics of liquids (82D15) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Review text

This is a review-style paper that presents a summary of the basic ideas and methods of the so-called mode coupling theory of structural relaxation in simple liquids. The authors explain why in disordered many particle systems the infinite set of density fluctuation products constitutes slow modes whose interactions lead to bifurcation singularities. The authors explain some basic concepts for a description of structural relaxation, such as glass transition singularities, non-ergodicity parameters, critical decay laws, separation parameters, critical temperature \(T_c\) and \(\alpha\)- and \(\beta\)-relaxation. It is emphasized that there are universality classes for the dynamics where the correlation functions within certain windows can be specified by a few number of parameters, leading to a possibility of qualitative description of experiments even for very complicated systems like polymers.

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