Effect of particle exchange on the glass transition of binary hard spheres

Abstract

We investigate the replica theory of the liquid-glass transition for a binary mixture of large and small additive hard spheres. We consider two different ansätze for this problem: the frozen glass ansatz (FGA) in whichs the exchange of large and small particles in a glass state is prohibited, and the exchange glass ansatz (EGA), in which it is allowed. We calculate the dynamical and thermodynamical glass transition points with the two ansätze. We show that the dynamical transition density of the FGA is lower than that of the EGA, while the thermodynamical transition density of the FGA is higher than that of the EGA. We discuss the algorithmic implications of these results for the density-dependence of the relaxation time of supercooled liquids. We particularly emphasize the difference between the standard Monte Carlo and swap Monte Carlo algorithms. Furthermore, we discuss the importance of particle exchange for estimating the configurational entropy.

arXiv comment16 pages, 5 figures

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