Mode coupling as a Landau theory of the glass transition Export

@article{citeulike:5982434, abstract = {We derive the Mode-Coupling Theory (MCT) of the glass transition as a Landau theory, formulated as an expansion of the exact dynamical equations in the difference between the correlation function and its plateau value. This sheds light on the universality of MCT predictions. While our expansion generates higher-order non-local corrections that modify the standard MCT equations, we find that the square-root singularity of the order parameter, the scaling function in the b regime and the functional relation between the exponents defining the a and b time scales are universal and left intact by these corrections.}, author = {Andreanov, A. and Biroli, G. and Bouchaud, J. P.}, citeulike-article-id = {5982434}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/88/16001}, doi = {10.1209/0295-5075/88/16001}, journal = {EPL (Europhysics Letters)}, keywords = {glass, glass-transition, landau\_theory, mct, mode-coupling-thery}, number = {1}, pages = {16001+}, posted-at = {2009-10-21 18:42:43}, priority = {2}, title = {Mode coupling as a Landau theory of the glass transition}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/88/16001}, volume = {88}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5982434 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5982434 N2 - We derive the Mode-Coupling Theory (MCT) of the glass transition as a Landau theory, formulated as an expansion of the exact dynamical equations in the difference between the correlation function and its plateau value. This sheds light on the universality of MCT predictions. While our expansion generates higher-order non-local corrections that modify the standard MCT equations, we find that the square-root singularity of the order parameter, the scaling function in the b regime and the functional relation between the exponents defining the a and b time scales are universal and left intact by these corrections. IS - 1 JF - EPL (Europhysics Letters) TI - Mode coupling as a Landau theory of the glass transition VL - 88 SP - 16001 KW - glass KW - glass-transition KW - landau_theory KW - mct KW - mode-coupling-thery AU - Andreanov, A AU - Biroli, G AU - Bouchaud, JP PY - 2009/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/88/16001 ER -