Hierarchy of time scales in kinetically constrained models via stochastic-generator expansion
Abstract
We revisit the hierarchy of relaxation time scales in stochastic kinetically constrained models (KCMs) obeying detailed balance, using an expansion method developed recently for their quantum counterparts. In the classical setting, we expand the stochastic generator in the low-temperature equilibrium concentration of excitations. As in quantum KCMs, successive truncations of the expansion reveal a nested hierarchy of metastable configurations that remain frozen on progressively longer time scales. Applying the method to the high-to-low temperature quench in the classical one-dimensional East and Fredrickson-Andersen models, we recover the known hierarchy of metastable plateaus and the associated perturbative time scales. We find that the hierarchical time scales are related to the smallest domain lengths. Our results show that the method developed for quantum kinetically constrained models can be used to provide a systematic description of slow relaxation in their classical counterparts as well.
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BibTeX
@misc{maric2026hierarchy,
title = {{Hierarchy of time scales in kinetically constrained models via stochastic-generator expansion}},
author = {Vanja Marić and Juan P. Garrahan and Lenart Zadnik},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.18882},
eprint = {2609.18882},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18882},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Hierarchy of time scales in kinetically constrained models via stochastic-generator expansion
AU - Vanja Marić
AU - Juan P. Garrahan
AU - Lenart Zadnik
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.18882
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18882
AB - We revisit the hierarchy of relaxation time scales in stochastic kinetically constrained models (KCMs) obeying detailed balance, using an expansion method developed recently for their quantum counterparts. In the classical setting, we expand the stochastic generator in the low-temperature equilibrium concentration of excitations. As in quantum KCMs, successive truncations of the expansion reveal a nested hierarchy of metastable configurations that remain frozen on progressively longer time scales. Applying the method to the high-to-low temperature quench in the classical one-dimensional East and Fredrickson-Andersen models, we recover the known hierarchy of metastable plateaus and the associated perturbative time scales. We find that the hierarchical time scales are related to the smallest domain lengths. Our results show that the method developed for quantum kinetically constrained models can be used to provide a systematic description of slow relaxation in their classical counterparts as well.
ER -