We calculate the statistical properties of the energy landscape of a minimal model for strong network-forming liquids. Dynamic and thermodynamic properties of this model can be computed with arbitrary precision even at low temperatures. A degenerate disordered ground state and logarithmic statistics for the local minima energy distribution are the landscape signatures of strong liquid behavior. Differences from fragile liquid properties are attributed to the presence of a discrete energy scale, provided by the particle bonds, and to the intrinsic degeneracy of topologically disordered networks.
Energy landscape of a simple model for strong liquids / A. J., Moreno; S. V., Buldyrev; LA NAVE, Emilia; I. S., Voivod; Sciortino, Francesco; Tartaglia, Piero; Zaccarelli, Emanuela. - In: PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS. - ISSN 0031-9007. - 95:15(2005), pp. 157802-1-157802-4. [10.1103/physrevlett.95.157802]
Energy landscape of a simple model for strong liquids
LA NAVE, EMILIA;SCIORTINO, Francesco;TARTAGLIA, Piero;ZACCARELLI, EMANUELA
2005
Abstract
We calculate the statistical properties of the energy landscape of a minimal model for strong network-forming liquids. Dynamic and thermodynamic properties of this model can be computed with arbitrary precision even at low temperatures. A degenerate disordered ground state and logarithmic statistics for the local minima energy distribution are the landscape signatures of strong liquid behavior. Differences from fragile liquid properties are attributed to the presence of a discrete energy scale, provided by the particle bonds, and to the intrinsic degeneracy of topologically disordered networks.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
