{
  "id": "1001.2539",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2010-01-14T19:53:04.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-01-14T19:53:04.000Z",
  "title": "A phase-separation perspective on dynamic heterogeneities in glass-forming liquids",
  "authors": [
    "C. Cammarota",
    "A. Cavagna",
    "I. Giardina",
    "G. Gradenigo",
    "T. S. Grigera",
    "G. Parisi",
    "P. Verrocchio"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 055703 (2010)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.055703",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.dis-nn"
  ],
  "abstract": "We study dynamic heterogeneities in a model glass-former whose overlap with a reference configuration is constrained to a fixed value. The system phase-separates into regions of small and large overlap, so that dynamical correlations remain strong even for asymptotic times. We calculate an appropriate thermodynamic potential and find evidence of a Maxwell's construction consistent with a spinodal decomposition of two phases. Our results suggest that dynamic heterogeneities are the expression of an ephemeral phase-separating regime ruled by a finite surface tension.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2010-01-14T19:53:04.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
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    "keywords": [
      "glass-forming liquids",
      "phase-separation perspective",
      "finite surface tension",
      "maxwells construction consistent",
      "appropriate thermodynamic potential"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2010,
      "month": "Jul",
      "volume": 105,
      "number": 5,
      "pages": "055703"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2010PhRvL.105e5703C"
    }
  }
}