Ideal glass-glass transitions and logarithmic decay of correlations in a simple system

Citation
L. Fabbian et al., Ideal glass-glass transitions and logarithmic decay of correlations in a simple system, PHYS REV E, 59(2), 1999, pp. R1347-R1350
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW E
ISSN journal
1063651X → ACNP
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Part
A
Pages
R1347 - R1350
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-651X(199902)59:2<R1347:IGTALD>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We calculate the ideal-glass-transition line for adhesive hard spheres in t he temperature-volume-fraction plane within the framework of the mode-coupl ing theory. We find two intersecting lines, controlled by the hard-core and the adhesive parts of the potential respectively, giving rise to two diffe rent mechanisms for structural arrest. In the glass region we identify the presence of a glass-glass-transition line ending in a cusp bifurcation whic h causes, even in the nearby liquid region, a logarithmic decay of correlat ions.