Molecular mode-coupling theory applied to a liquid of diatomic molecules

Abstract

We study the molecular mode coupling theory for a liquid of diatomic molecules. The equations for the critical tensorial nonergodicity parameters ${\mathbf{F}}_{l{l}^{\prime }}^m(q)$ and the critical amplitudes of the $\beta$ - relaxation ${\mathbf{H}}_{l{l}^{\prime }}^m(q)$ are solved up to a cut off $l_{co}$ = 2 without any further approximations. Here $l,m$ are indices of spherical harmonics. Contrary to previous studies, where additional approximations were applied, we find in agreement with simulations, that all molecular degrees of freedom vitrify at a single temperature $T_c$. The theoretical results for the non ergodicity parameters and the critical amplitudes are compared with those from simulations. The qualitative agreement is good for all molecular degrees of freedom. To study the influence of the cut off on the non ergodicity parameter, we also calculate the non ergodicity parameters for an upper cut off $l_{co}=4$. In addition we also propose a new method for the calculation of the critical nonergodicity parameter

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