Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2001-01-02
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
9 pages, 12 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.63.061509
A core-softened model of a glass forming fluid is numerically studied in the limit of very low temperatures. The model shows two qualitatively different behaviors depending on the strength of the attraction between particles. For no or low attraction, the changes of density as a function of pressure are smooth, although hysteretic due to mechanical metastabilities. For larger attraction, sudden changes of density upon compressing and decompressing occur. This global mechanical instability is correlated to the existence of a thermodynamic first-order amorphous-amorphous transition. The two different behaviors obtained correspond qualitatively to the different phenomenology observed in silica and water.
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