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Convergence of clock processes and aging in Metropolis dynamics of a truncated REM

We study the aging behavior of a truncated version of the Random Energy Model evolving under Metropolis dynamics. We prove that the natural time-time correlation function defined through the overlap function converges to an arcsine law distribution function, almost surely in the random environment and in the full range of time scales and temperatures for which such a result can be expected to hold. This establishes that the dynamics ages in the same way as Bouchaud's REM-like trap model, thus extending the universality class of the latter model. The proof relies on a clock process convergence result of a new type where the number of summands is itself a clock process. This reflects the fact that the exploration process of Metropolis dynamics is itself an aging process, governed by its own clock. Both clock processes are shown to converge to stable subordinators below certain critical lines in their time-scale and temperature domains, almost surely in the random environment.