Yoshihiko Nishikawa

Feb 7, 2024 | link.aps.org | Yoshihiko Nishikawa |Ludovic Berthier |Laboratoire Charles Coulomb

We numerically elucidate the microscopic mechanisms controlling the relaxation dynamics of a three-dimensional lattice glass model that has static properties compatible with the approach to a random first-order transition. At low temperatures, the relaxation is triggered by a small population of particles with low-energy barriers forming mobile clusters.