Large time off-equilibrium dynamics of a manifold in a random potential

Abstract

We study the out of equilibrium dynamics of an elastic manifold in a random potential using mean-field theory. We find two asymptotic time regimes: (i) stationary dynamics, (ii) slow aging dynamics with violation of equilibrium theorems. We obtain an analytical solution valid for all large times with universal scalings of two-time quantities with space. A non-analytic scaling function crosses over to ultrametricity when the correlations become long-range. We propose procedures to test numerically or experimentally the extent to which this scenario holds for a given system.