Year: 2000
Type: preprint
Abstract: We introduce a new quantity to probe the glass transition. This quantity is a linear generalized compressibility which depends solely on the positions of the particles. We have performed a molecular dynamics simulation on a glass forming liquid consisting of a two component mixture of soft spheres in three dimensions. As the temperature is lowered, the generalized compressibility drops sharply at the glass transition. Our results are consistent with the kinetic view of the glass transition, but not with an underlying second order phase transition.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Carruzzo, Herve M., Yu, Clare C.
Institution: University of California, Irvine
Language: English
Subfield: Materials Chemistry
Field: Materials Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Los Alamos National Laboratory
OpenAlex ID: W4298298534