GLASS-TRANSITION IN THE DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY OF FREEZING

被引:58
作者
DASGUPTA, C [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MINNESOTA,SCH PHYS & ASTRON,MINNEAPOLIS,MN 55455
来源
EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1992年 / 20卷 / 02期
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10.1209/0295-5075/20/2/007
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
A mean-field description of the glass transition in the hard-sphere system is obtained by numerically locating <<glassy>> minima of a model free-energy functional. These minima, characterized by inhomogeneous but aperiodic density distributions, appear as the average density is increased above the value at which equilibrium crystallization takes place. Investigations of the density distribution and local bond-orientational order at these minima yield results similar to those obtained from simulations.
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页码:131 / 136
页数:6
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