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Evidence for Glass and Spin-Glass Phase Transitions From the Dynamic Susceptibility

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Author(s)

D Bitko, S N. Coppersmith, R L. Leheny, S R. Nagel, T F. Rosenbaum, N Menon

Abstract

We present evidence that there is a phase transition, with a diverging static susceptibility, underlying the transformation of a liquid into a glass. The dielectric susceptibility, at frequencies above its characteristic value, shows a power-law tail extending over many decades to higher frequencies. An extrapolation of this behavior to the temperature where the dynamics becomes arrested indicates a diverging susceptibility. We present evidence for analogous behavior in the magnetic susceptibility of a para-magnet approaching the spin-glass transition. The similarity of the response in these two glassy systems suggests that some conventional lore, such as that the spin glass shows evidence for a diverging correlation length only in a nonlinear but not in the linear susceptibility, may be invalid.
Citation
Journal of Research (NIST JRES) -
Volume
102 No. 2

Keywords

dielectric susceptibility, glass transition, magnetic susceptibility, nonlinear susceptibility, specific-heat spectroscopy, spin-glass transition

Citation

Bitko, D. , Coppersmith, S. , Leheny, R. , Nagel, S. , Rosenbaum, T. and Menon, N. (1997), Evidence for Glass and Spin-Glass Phase Transitions From the Dynamic Susceptibility, Journal of Research (NIST JRES), National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD (Accessed December 12, 2024)

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Created March 1, 1997, Updated February 17, 2017