Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2004-04-28
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
10.1023/B:JOLT.0000049057.59916.
Via computer simulations of the standard binary Lennard-Jones glass former we have obtained in a systematic way a large set of close-by pairs of minima on the potential energy landscape, i.e. double-well potentials (DWP). We analyze this set of DWP in two directions. At low temperatures the symmetric DWP give rise to tunneling systems. We compare the resulting low-temperature anomalies with those, predicted by the standard tunneling model. Deviations can be traced back to the energy dependence of the relevant quantities like the number of tunneling systems. Furthermore we analyze the local structure around a DWP as well as the translational pattern during the transition between both minima. Local density anomalies are crucial for the formation of a tunneling system. Two very different kinds of tunneling systems are observed, depending on the type of atom (small or large) which forms the center of the tunneling system. In the first case the tunneling system can be interpreted as a single-particle motion, in the second case it is more collective.
Heuer Andreas
Reinisch J.
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