Relaxation of a supercooled low-density Coulomb fluid

Citation
Sd. Wilke et J. Bosse, Relaxation of a supercooled low-density Coulomb fluid, PHYS REV E, 59(2), 1999, pp. 1968-1975
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Part
B
Pages
1968 - 1975
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199902)59:2<1968:ROASLC>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
A system of charged hard spheres in front of a homogeneous neutralizing bac kground is studied at low densities using mode-coupling theory. A "Wigner g lass" phase, the amorphous analog of the Wigner crystal recently found in e xperiments, is predicted. The melting curve of the Wigner glass obeys n pro portional to T-3, and the particle localization length is much larger than the Lindemann criterion would predict. An analysis of transport properties shows that huge effective particle diameters are responsible for the glassi fication at low densities. The Stokes-Einstein relation, which is obeyed by the high-density fluid, implies large Stokes radii at low densities.