HARD-SPHERE STATISTICS ALONG THE METASTABLE AMORPHOUS BRANCH

Using simulation techniques that we discussed in a previous work, we c reate random dense hard-sphere systems above the freezing point (i.e., along the metastable branch) and measure key quantities Chat characte rize the structure for such high densities. These include certain stat istics of the void space, nearest-neighbor statistics, and the mean co ordination number. Our numerical results turn out to be generally in v ery good agreement with recent theoretical predictions.