Sensitivity of arrest in mode-coupling glasses to low-q structure
Soft Condensed Matter
2007-05-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Abstract
We quantify, within mode coupling theory, how changes in the liquid structure affect that of the glass. Apart from the known sensitivity to the structure factor at wavevectors around the first sharp diffraction peak , we find a strong (and inverted) response to structure at wavevectors \emph{below} this peak: an increase in {\em lowers} the degree of arrest over a wide -range. This strong sensitivity to `caged cage' packing effects, on length scales of order 2d, is much weaker in attractive glasses where short-range bonding dominates the steric caging effect.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0512028,
title = {Sensitivity of arrest in mode-coupling glasses to low-q structure},
author = {M. J. Greenall and Th. Voigtmann and P. Monthoux and M. E. Cates},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0512028},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 5 figures. v2: 3 figures replaced; text rewritten