{ "id": "1311.7142", "version": "v1", "published": "2013-11-27T21:00:02.000Z", "updated": "2013-11-27T21:00:02.000Z", "title": "Point-to-set correlations and instantons", "authors": [ "Sho Yaida" ], "comment": "4 pages, 3 figures", "categories": [ "cond-mat.dis-nn", "cond-mat.soft", "cond-mat.stat-mech" ], "abstract": "For a generic many-body system, we define a soft point-to-set correlation function. We then show that this function accepts a representation in terms of an effective overlap field theory. In particular, instantons in this effective field theory encode point-to-set correlations for supercooled liquids.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2013-11-27T21:00:02.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "instantons", "field theory encode point-to-set correlations", "soft point-to-set correlation function", "effective field theory encode point-to-set", "effective overlap field theory" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2013arXiv1311.7142Y" } } }