Nagel scaling, relaxation and universality in the kinetic Ising model in an alternating isotopic chain

L. L. Goncalves, M. Lopez de Haro, J. Taguena-Martinez, R. B. Stinchcombe

Published 1999-11-15, updated 1999-11-23Version 2

The dynamic critical exponent and the frequency and wave-vector dependent susceptibility of the kinetic Ising model with Glauber dynamics on an alternating isotopic chain are examined. The analysis provides to our knowledge the first connection between a microscopic model and the Nagel scaling curve originally proposed to describe dielectric susceptibility measurements of several glass-forming liquids. While support is given to the hypothesis relating the Nagel scaling to multiple relaxation processes, it is also found that the scaling function may also exhibit plateau regions and does not hold for low temperatures.