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Self-organized criticality below the glass transition

K. Vollmayr-Lee1,2 and E. A. Baker1

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We obtain evidence that the dynamics of glassy systems below the glass transition is characterized by self-organized criticality. Using molecular-dynamics simulations of a model glass-former we identify clusters of cooperatively jumping particles. We find string-like clusters whose size is power-law-distributed not only close to Tc but for all temperatures below Tc, indicating self-organized criticality which we interpret as a freezing in of critical behavior.


PACS

61.43.Fs Glasses

02.70.Ns Molecular dynamics and particle methods

64.70.P- Glass transitions of specific systems

Subjects

Computational physics

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 6 (December 2006)

Received 27 April 2006, accepted for publication 31 October 2006, in final form 31 October 2006

Published 24 November 2006



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