Role of unstable directions in the equilibrium and aging dynamics of supercooled liquids

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Donati, C [1 ]
Sciortino, F [1 ]
Tartaglia, P [1 ]
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[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dipartimento Fis, Ist Nazl Fis Mat, I-00185 Rome, Italy
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.85.1464
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O4 [物理学];
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The connectivity of the potential energy landscape in supercooled atomic liquids is investigated through a calculation of the instantaneous normal modes spectrum and a detailed analysis of the unstable directions in configuration space. We confirm the hypothesis that the mode-coupling critical temperature is the T at which the dynamics crosses over from free to activated exploration of configuration space. We also observe changes in the local connectivity of configuration space sampled during aging, following a temperature jump from a liquid to a glassy state.
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