Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2004-10-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
1 text+3 eps figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.71.026114
The effects of floppy modes in the thermodynamical properties of a system are studied. From thermodynamical arguments, we deduce that floppy modes are not at zero frequency and thus a modified Debye model is used to take into account this effect. The model predicts a deviation from the Debye law at low temperatures. Then, the connection between the topography of the energy landscape, the topology of the phase space and the rigidity of a glass is explored. As a result, we relate the number of constraints and floppy modes with the statistics of the landscape. We apply these ideas to a simple model for which we provide an approximate expression for the number of energy basins as a function of the rigidity. This allows to understand certains features of the glass transition, like the jump in the specific heat or the reversible window observed in chalcogenide glasses.
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