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Structural Relaxation and Frequency Dependent Specific Heat in a Supercooled Liquid

Statistical Mechanics 2016-08-31 v1

Abstract

We have studied the relation between the structural relaxation and the frequency dependent thermal response or the specific heat, cp(ω)c_p(\omega), in a supercooled liquid. The Mode Coupling Theory (MCT) results are used to obtain cp(ω)c_p(\omega) corresponding to different wavevectors. Due to the two-step relaxation process present in the MCT, an extra peak, in addition to the low frequency peak, is predicted in specific heat at high frequency.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0103404,
  title  = {Structural Relaxation and Frequency Dependent Specific Heat in a Supercooled Liquid},
  author = {Upendra Harbola and Shankar P. Das},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0103404},
  year   = {2016}
}

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14 pages, 13 Figures

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