Self Induced Quenched Disorder: A Model for the Glass Transition

TL;DR

This paper introduces a spin model without disorder that mimics glassy behavior and suggests the glass transition arises from self-induced quenched disorder, analyzed using spin glass techniques.

Contribution

It proposes a novel perspective that the glass transition results from self-induced quenched disorder, modeled through a simple spin system.

Findings

Model exhibits glassy regime without explicit disorder

Quenched disorder can be approximated in the model

Cavity method may be effective for analysis

Abstract

We consider a simple spin system without disorder which exhibits a glassy regime. We show that this model can be well approximated by a system with quenched disorder which is studied with the standard methods developped in spin glasses. We propose that the glass transition is a point where quenched disorder is self induced, a scenario for which the `cavity' method might be particularly well suited.