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The phenomenon of slow relaxation is discussed with emphasis on finding a general explanation of its ubiquity. After a review of the phenomenon, possible causes are considered both at the microscopic level and from a configuration space viewpoint. Quenched randomness and strongly constrained dynamics appear most important microscopically. In configuration space the central requirement seems to be the existence of many valleys connected sparsely in a hierarchical way. Recent toy models are shown to fit into this overall picture.
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Palmer, R.G. (1987). Relaxation in complex systems. In: van Hemmen, J.L., Morgenstern, I. (eds) Heidelberg Colloquium on Glassy Dynamics. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 275. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0057523
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