CONDENSATION IN THE BACKGAMMON MODEL

We analyse the properties of a very simple ''balls-in-boxes'' model wh ich can exhibit a phase transition between a fluid and a condensed pha se, similar to the behaviour encountered in models of random geometrie s in one, two and four dimensions. This model can be viewed as a gener alization of the backgammon model introduced by Ritort as an example o f glassy behaviour without disorder. Published by Elsevier Science B.V .