The Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann law in the elastic theory of glass transition

We propose that the origin of the Vogel–Fulcher–Tammann law is the increase of the range of elastic interaction between local relaxation events in a liquid. In this picture, we discuss the origin of cooperativity of relaxation, the absence of divergence of relaxation time at a finite temperature and the crossover to a more Arrhenius behavior at low temperature.