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

  • L. Fabbian
  • , W. Götze
  • , F. Sciortino
  • , P. Tartaglia
  • , F. Thiery
  • Dipartimento di Fisica
  • Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia

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Abstract

We calculate the ideal-glass-transition line for adhesive hard spheres in the temperature-volume-fraction plane within the framework of the mode-coupling theory. We find two intersecting lines, controlled by the hard-core and the adhesive parts of the potential respectively, giving rise to two different mechanisms for structural arrest. In the glass region we identify the presence of a glass-glass-transition line ending in a cusp bifurcation which causes, even in the nearby liquid region, a logarithmic decay of correlations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)R1347-R1350
JournalPhysical Review E - Statistical Physics, Plasmas, Fluids, and Related Interdisciplinary Topics
Volume59
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

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