A critical test of the mode-coupling theory of the glass transition
arXiv:1005.0914 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.82.031502
Abstract
The mode-coupling theory of the glass transition predicts the time evolution of the intermediate scattering functions in viscous liquids on the sole basis of the structural information encoded in two-point density correlations. We provide a critical test of this property and show that the theory fails to describe the qualitatively distinct dynamical behavior obtained in two model liquids characterized by very similar pair correlation functions. Because we use `exact' static information provided by numerical simulations, our results are a direct proof that some important information about the dynamics of viscous liquids is not captured by pair correlations, and is thus not described by the mode-coupling theory, even in the temperature regime where the theory is usually applied.
7 pages, 5 figures.
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