Influence of the Potential Energy Landscape on the Equilibration and Specific Heat of Glass Forming Liquids

Details Influence of the Potential Energy Landscape on the Equilibration and Specific Heat of Glass Forming Liquids Influence of the Potential Energy Landscape on the Equilibration and Specific Heat of Glass Forming Liquids

2002-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0209221v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

4 pages, Latex, 3 encapsulated postscript figures

Scientific paper

We show that a glass transition, signaled by a peak in the specific heat vs. temperature, can occur because a glassy system that shows no signs of aging progresses so slowly through the energy landscape that the time needed to obtain an accurate estimate of the thermodynamic averages exceeds the observation time. We find that below the glass transition temperature of a three dimensional binary mixture of soft spheres, the specific heat increases with measurement time spans orders of magnitude longer than previously recognized equilibration times.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Influence of the Potential Energy Landscape on the Equilibration and Specific Heat of Glass Forming Liquids does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Influence of the Potential Energy Landscape on the Equilibration and Specific Heat of Glass Forming Liquids, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Influence of the Potential Energy Landscape on the Equilibration and Specific Heat of Glass Forming Liquids will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-368614