The Glass Transition and Liquid-Gas Spinodal Boundaries of Metastable Liquids
arXiv:cond-mat/0512728 · doi:10.1209/epl/i2006-10194-5
Abstract
A liquid can exist under conditions of thermodynamic stability or metastability within boundaries defined by the liquid-gas spinodal and the glass transition line. The relationship between these boundaries has been investigated previously using computer simulations, the energy landscape formalism, and simplified model calculations. We calculate these stability boundaries semi-analytically for a model glass forming liquid, employing accurate liquid state theory and a first-principles approach to the glass transition. These boundaries intersect at a finite temperature, consistent with previous simulation-based studies.
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