Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
1998-09-11
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
RevTeX, 8 pages, 15 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.58.5748
We present a large-scale (36000-particle) computational study of the "inherent structures" (IS) associated with equilibrium, two-dimensional, one-component Lennard-Jones systems. Our results provide strong support both for the inherent-structures theory of classical fluids, and for the KTHNY theory of two-stage melting in two dimensions. This support comes from the observation of three qualitatively distinct "phases" of inherent structures: a crystal, a "hexatic glass", and a "liquid glass". We also directly observe, in the IS, analogs of the two defect-unbinding transitions (respectively, of dislocations, and disclinations) believed to mediate the two equilibrium phase transitions. Each transition shows up in the inherent structures---although the free disclinations in the "liquid glass" are embedded in a percolating network of grain boundaries. The bond-orientational correlation functions of the inherent structures show the same progressive loss of order as do the three equilibrium phases: long-range to quasi-long-range to short-range.
Canright Geoff S.
Kaplan Ted
Somer F. L.
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